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Game #1798

Aston Villa

13-9-18, 35 PTS

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Monday, 13 April 1936

15th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |

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 Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Team News

Jimmy McMullan names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

🔴 M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1927-36 🕒 230 | ✅ 230 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 10 | 🔥 18 | 🇺 - | #322 |

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Drew

2-2

🟨 13 Apr 1936, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Molineux
Scorer(s) | Gordon Hodgson | 1-1 | Eric Houghton | 44' |

Assist(s) | Frank Broome | 1-1 | 44' |

Match Timeline

🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Woverhampton Wanderers), Henson
⚽ | Goal, 1-1, Gordon Hodgson, Assist by Frank Broome
⚽ | 44' Goal, 2-1, Eric Houghton, Assist by Frank Broome
🕒 | HT Woverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 2-2, (Woverhampton Wanderers), Jones
🕒 | FT Woverhampton Wanderers 2-2 Aston Villa

Season | 1935-36 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #29 |
Monday, 13 April 1936

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Management Committee 1935-1936
Referee: G. Hamilton-Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1933-1938
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

Officials

Referee: G. Hamilton-Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1933-1938

Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 50 | 🟩 W23 (46% ) | 🟨 D14 | 🇺(74% ) | 🟥 L13 (26% ) | ⚽ 108 | 🥅 77 | GD 31

Match Stats

Not recorded

Management Committee 1935-1936

Villa Career Form:

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Division One

Wolverhampton Wanderers

13-9-16, 35 PTS

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Molineux

Attendance: 44,579

Scott
Taylor J.
Shaw
Smalley
Morris
Cullis
Jones
Thompson
Henson
Iverson
Ashall

Frank Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1907-08

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

61

61

🔥

0

0

🟩

30

🟨

11

🟥

20

6

🥅

125

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

26

26

🔥

0

0

🟩

10

🟨

7

🟥

9

RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

20

20

🔥

0

0

🟩

9

🟨

5

🟥

6

M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

230

230

🔥

10

18

🟩

104

🟨

52

🟥

74

M Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

26

26

🔥

0

1

🟩

9

🟨

6

🟥

11

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

23

23

🔥

2

2

🟩

9

🟨

5

🟥

9

W Jackie Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

15

15

🔥

5

5

🟩

5

🟨

4

🟥

6

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

278

278

🔥

130

83

🟩

123

🟨

62

🟥

93

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

157

157

🔥

94

25

🟩

60

🟨

39

🟥

58

F Gordon Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

14

14

🔥

5

4

🟩

6

🟨

5

🟥

3

CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

22

22

🔥

14

5

🟩

6

🟨

6

🟥

10

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Eric Houghton scores for the third successive game but Villa are held at Molineux 

  • Despite dropping a point for the second successive game Villa make it just four defeats in seventeen League games in a much improved 1936.

  • Overall Villa make it thirteen wins, nine draws and eighteen defeats in forty games.

  • Villa climb to their highest position since October, joint 15th, but they have played two more games than all their relegation rivals and face top 7 side Arsenal before bottom side Blackburn, six points behind Villa, on the final day.

  • Villa now have three clean sheets in their last 47 games.

  • Midfielder Jimmy Gibson made the last of his 225 appearances for Villa over ten seasons with the club before retiring from football.

What they Said

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