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Game #1797

Aston Villa

13-8-18, 34 PTS

Saturday, 11 April 1936

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Drew

20th

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

Division One

Manchester City

16-6-16, 38 PTS

VIlla Park

Attendance: 41,638

🟨 11 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-2

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Manchester City

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🟨 11 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 11 April 1936

⚽ | 11' Goal, 1-0, Eric Houghton
⚽ | 12' Goal, 2-0, Gordon Hodgson, Assist by Jackie Williams
🥅 | 18' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Percival
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester City
🆘 | Manchester City player handles in the area, referee Gough plays on
🥅 | Goal, 2-2, (Manchester City), Marshall
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Manchester City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟨 11 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 11 April 1936
  • Eric Houghton scores for the second successive game but Villa are held at home as referee Gough denies Villa a crucial second half penalty with a potentially decisive impact on their battle against relegation.

  • Despite dropping a point in their battle against the drop Villa make it just four defeats in sixteen League games in a much improved 1936.

  • Villa now have three clean sheets in their last 46 games.

  • Overall Villa make it thirteen wins, eight draws and eighteen defeats in thirty nine games in 1935-36.

  • Villa remain 20th in the table and are now two points above the relegation places with three games remaining.

  • Villa will face Wolves again, currently level on points, 5th placed Arsenal and bottom club Blackburn, five points behind Villa, on the final day of the season.

🟨 11 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1933-34

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
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Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Total 🕒 63 | 🟩 26 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 26 | ⚽ 113 | 🥅 106 |
League 🕒 58 | 🟩 25 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 23 | ⚽ 107 | 🥅 96 |
FA Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 10 |
Home 🕒 32 | 🟩 22 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 76 | 🥅 34 |
Away 🕒 30 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 21 | ⚽ 36 | 🥅 53 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 6 |

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 11 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1935-36 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #28 |
Saturday, 11 April 1936

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🟨 11 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Management Committee 1935-1936
Referee: E. V. Gough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stoke on Trent
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Management Committee 1935-1936

Villa Career Form:

Management Committee 1935-1936

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟨 11 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: E. V. Gough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stoke on Trent, 1935-

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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🆘 Denied Villa a certain penalty for hands in the second half ahead of Manchester City's unwarranted equaliser leading to a crucial point dropped in the battle against relegation.

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 11 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Jimmy Gibson and Jackie Williams replace Billy Kingdon and Charlie Phillips.

Referee

🟨 11 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MANAGER

Management Committee 1935-1936

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Aston Villa

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Jackie Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gordon Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Wilf Wild | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester City

Swift
Dale
Barkas
Percival
Donnelly
Rogers
Toseland
Marshall
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Herd
Brook

Line Ups

🟨 11 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 11 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟨 11 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟨 11 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 11 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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Injury | 2 |
M Tommy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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LEAGUE TABLE
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 11 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 11 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 11 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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