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Game #1780

Aston Villa

5-4-14, 14 PTS

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Saturday, 28 December 1935

22nd

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Jackie Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bob Brocklebank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |

Management Committee 1935-1936
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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Injury | 2 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jack Palethorpe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | septic toe

Team News

Jimmy McMullan names the same line up for a third successive match.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

🔴 F Bob Brocklebank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Lost

2-5

🟥 28 Dec 1935, Villa 2-5 Wednesday, Hillsborough
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 2' | Jackie Williams | 20' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Eric Houghton, pen
🥅 | 19' Goal, 1-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Starling
⚽ | 20' Goal, 2-1, Jackie Williams
🥅 | 21' Goal, 2-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), Hooper
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 2-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 60' Goal, 2-3, (Sheffield Wednesday), Dewar
🥅 | 74' Goal, 2-4, (Sheffield Wednesday), Rimmer
🥅 | 90' Goal, 2-5, (Sheffield Wednesday), Surtees
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 5-2 Aston Villa

Season | 1935-36 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #11 |
Saturday, 28 December 1935

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Management Committee 1935-1936
Referee: Albert Fogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1923-1935
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-5
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: Albert Fogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1923-1935

Referee: Albert Fogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1923-1935
Games: 🕒 22 🟩 W8 (36%) 🟥 L10 (45%) Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Cards: 🟨 0 🟥 0 | 0.00 per game | Pens: ⚽ 2 | 🥅 3 |

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 68 | 🟩 W33 (49% ) | 🟨 D6 | 🇺(57% ) | 🟥 L29 (43% ) | ⚽ 148 | 🥅 121 | GD 27

Match Stats

Not recorded

Management Committee 1935-1936

Villa Career Form:

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Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

7-5-10, 19 PTS

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Hillsborough

Attendance: 25,371

Brown
Nibloe
Catlin
Sharp
Millership
Burrows
Hooper
Surtees
Dewar
Starling
Rimmer

Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (ex)
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1934–35

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

46

46

🔥

0

0

🟩

24

🟨

6

🟥

16

4

🥅

97

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

9

9

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

2

🟥

5

CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

50

50

🔥

0

1

🟩

14

🟨

12

🟥

24

M Tommy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

55

55

🔥

2

3

🟩

21

🟨

13

🟥

21

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

6

6

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

0

🟥

5

M Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

10

10

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

2

🟥

6

W Jackie Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

7

7

🔥

3

2

🟩

2

🟨

0

🟥

5

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

260

260

🔥

124

79

🟩

115

🟨

57

🟥

88

F Bob Brocklebank | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

20

20

🔥

2

3

🟩

5

🟨

6

🟥

9

F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

77

77

🔥

16

8

🟩

25

🟨

20

🟥

32

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

141

141

🔥

83

22

🟩

53

🟨

34

🟥

54

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa lose for the fifth time in six games as they end 1935 in desperate straits having recorded five wins, four draws and fourteen defeats in twenty three games whilst conceding seventy four. 

  • Meanwhile, forward Bob Brocklebank, 27, made the last of his twenty appearances for Villa across seven seasons with the club during which time he scored twice before moving on to Burnley in March 1936.

  • Villa now have a single clean sheet in 29 games.

What they Said

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