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Game #1786

Aston Villa

8-5-15, 21 PTS

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Saturday, 1 February 1936

21st

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Jackie Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Charlie Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Gordon Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Team News

George Beeson, Ernie Callaghan and Charlie Phillips (debut) replace Jimmy Allen, Tom Griffiths and Ronnie Dix.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

🟢 W Charlie Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #369 | £9,000 signing from Wolves

Final Appearances

None

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Won

3-1

🟩 1 Feb 1936, Villa 3-1 Derby, Baseball Ground
Scorer(s) | Charlie Phillips | 20' | Jackie Williams | 35' | Dai Astley | 71' |

Assist(s) | Dai Astley | 20' | 35' | Jackie Williams | 71' |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 12’ Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Bowers
⚽ | 20' Goal, 1-1, Charlie Phillips, Assist by Dai Astley
⚽ | 35' Goal, 2-1, Jackie Williams, Assist by Dai Astley
🕒 | HT Derby County 1-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 71' Goal, 3-1, Dai Astley, Assist by Jackie Williams
🕒 | FT Derby County 1-3 Aston Villa

Season | 1935-36 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #17 |
Saturday, 1 February 1936

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Management Committee 1935-1936
Referee: Reg Rudd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex, 1926-1939
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Officials

Referee: Reg Rudd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex, 1926-1939

Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 74 | 🟩 W38 (51% ) | 🟨 D11 | 🇺(66% ) | 🟥 L25 (34% ) | ⚽ 163 | 🥅 115 | GD 48

Match Stats

Not recorded

Management Committee 1935-1936

Villa Career Form:

Division One

Derby County

13-7-7, 33 PTS

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Baseball Ground

Attendance: 30,087

Kirby
Udall
Jessop
Nicholas
Barker
Keen
Crooks
Napier
Bowers
Ramage
Halford

George Jobey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

49

49

🔥

0

0

🟩

25

🟨

7

🟥

17

4

🥅

103

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

15

15

🔥

0

0

🟩

5

🟨

3

🟥

7

RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

9

9

🔥

0

0

🟩

4

🟨

1

🟥

4

FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

55

55

🔥

0

0

🟩

16

🟨

15

🟥

24

M Tommy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

61

61

🔥

2

3

🟩

24

🟨

14

🟥

23

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

12

12

🔥

1

1

🟩

4

🟨

1

🟥

7

W Charlie Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

1

1

🔥

1

0

🟩

1

🟨

0

🟥

0

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

266

266

🔥

126

79

🟩

118

🟨

58

🟥

90

W Jackie Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

11

11

🔥

5

4

🟩

5

🟨

1

🟥

5

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

145

145

🔥

86

24

🟩

55

🟨

35

🟥

55

F Gordon Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

3

3

🔥

1

0

🟩

1

🟨

1

🟥

1

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Dai Astley hits his thirteenth of the season and creates two as Jackie Williams strikes for the second successive game, creating one and Charlie Phillips scores on debut.

  • Villa record a third win in five as their improved form of 1936 continues to make it eight wins, five draws and fifteen defeats in twenty eight games.

  • Meanwhile, winger Charlie Phillips made a goalscoring debut aged 25 after joining from Wolverhampton Wanderers in January 1936 for a fee of £9,000.

  • Despite victory, Villa now have a single clean sheet in 35 games.

What they Said

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