Aston Villa played the 1931–32 English football season in the Football League First Division. Billy Smith remained trophy-less going into his sixth season.
Aston Villa had ended the previous season with nine consecutive home wins. On 29 August, the first day of the season, Villa beat Leicester 3–2 at home. This was followed by home wins against Grimsby, West Ham and Bolton. In the Second City Derby Villa won 3–2 at home and drew 1–1 away. With a full programme of New Year fixtures across all four divisions, The Times highlighted in particular Aston Villa's clash with high-flying Newcastle United. Villa had recently beaten Newcastle 3–0.
There were debuts for Dai Astley, Danny Blair, Harry Morton, George H Stephenson, Billy Simpson and Tommy Moore.
Diary
- 31 August 1931: Aston Villa draw 1 – 1 away at Huddersfield in front of a crowd of 13,226.
First Division
Appearances
- Alec Talbot, 45 appearances
- Tommy Smart, 39 appearances
- Eric Houghton, 39 appearances
- Pongo Waring, 38 appearances
- Tommy Mort, 37 appearances
- Jimmy Gibson, 37 appearances
- Joe Tate, 35 appearances
- Joe Beresford, 34 appearances
- Jack Mandley, 33 appearances
- Harry Morton, 31 appearances, conceded 50
- Billy Walker, 31 appearances
- George Brown, 17 appearances
- Dai Astley, 15 appearances
- Fred Biddleston, 14 appearances, conceded 22
- Reg Chester, 13 appearances
- Tommy Wood, 13 appearances
- Danny Blair, 10 appearances
- Teddy Bowen, 5 appearances
- George Stephenson, 4 appearances
- Billy Simpson, 2 appearances
- Billy Kingdon, 2 appearances
- Tommy Moore, 1 appearance
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