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.^[1]

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.^[2] This was followed by home wins against Grimsby,^[3] West Ham^[4] and Bolton.^[5] In the Second City Derby Villa won 3-2 at home and drew 1-1 away.^[6] 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.^[7]

There were debuts for Dai Astley, Danny Blair, Harry Morton, George H Stephenson, Billy Simpson and Tommy Moore.^[8]

• 31 August 1931: Aston Villa draw 1 - 1 away at Huddersfield in front of a crowd of 13,226.

• 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 ^[1]