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Game #1757

Saturday, 4 May 1935

Attendance: 5,921

Lost

Division One

Blackburn Rovers

DDDLL

Ewood Park

Jimmy McMullan's Villa end the campaign in torrid fashion as they concede eight without scoring in their final two games of a season that had proved one of the poorest ever seen at Villa Park.

Blackburn Rovers

5-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

Jimmy McMullan's Villa end the campaign in torrid fashion as they concede eight without scoring in their final two games of a season that had proved one of the poorest ever seen at Villa Park.

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Villa lose for the second successive game to end the season with eight goals conceded and none scored. In consequence Villa had recorded fourteen wins, thirteen draws and fifteen defeats in forty two division one games under Jimmy McMullan in his first season in charge as Villa finished 13th.

Although that was the same finishing position as the previous year under Secretary Manager Billy Smith, McMullan’s season had been significantly worse, conceding four or more goals on no less than eight occasions, losing four consecutive games for the first time since 1927 and generally overseeing inconsistent and at times hapless performances.

That this was done with largely the same squad as had served under Smith simply underlined the concerns that either McMullan wasn’t the right choice for Villa’s first manager or that the structure itself wasn’t the right one.

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28

FIXTURE HISTORY

Blackburn Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1934-35 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #43 |
Saturday, 4 May 1935

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Jimmy McMullan |
FT Score | 0-5 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WDDLL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Blackburn Rovers

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TEAM NEWS

Dai Astley replaces Arthur Cunliffe.

TEAM STATS

MANAGER

MANAGER

Jimmy McMullan

Aston Villa

GK Harry Morton |
FB George Beeson |
FB Danny Blair |
CB Jimmy Allen |
M Tommy Gardner |
M Billy Kingdon |
W Eric Houghton |
F Dai Astley |
F Ronnie Dix |
F Joe Beresford |
CF Frank Broome |

Blackburn Rovers

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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