Game #1801
Aston Villa
1-0-0, 2 PTS
Saturday, 29 August 1936
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴 |
FB George Beeson | 🏴 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴 |
M Tom Griffiths | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Andy Kerr | 🏴 | 🟢 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴 |
F Gordon Hodgson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Jimmy Hogan | 🏴 | 1936-1939
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
Goalkeepers
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB George Beeson | 🏴 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴 |
M Tom Griffiths | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
W Andy Kerr | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Dai Astley | 🏴 |
F Gordon Hodgson | 🏴 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
W Charlie Phillips | 🏴 |
Team News
Jimmy McMullan hands Andy Kerr his debut on the opening day.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
🟢 W Andy Kerr | 🏴 | #370 | Youth team promotion
Final Appearances
None
Won
2-1
🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-0 Swansea, Vetch Field
Scorer(s) | Frank Broome | 14' | 48' |
Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 14' | Gordon Hodgson | 48' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 14' Goal, 1-0, Frank Broome, Assist by Eric Houghton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Swansea Town
⚽ | 48' Goal, 2-0, Frank Broome, Assist by Gordon Hodgson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Swansea Town
Season | 1936-37 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 29 August 1936
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴 | Nelson, 1936-1939
Referee: Jim Wiltshire | 🏴 | Dorset, 1935-1947
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Officials
Referee: Jim Wiltshire | 🏴 | Dorset, 1935-1947
Previous 5 vs. Swansea: 🟩 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 3 | 🟩 W3 (100% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 7 | 🥅 2 | GD 5
Match Stats
Not recorded
Jimmy Hogan | 🏴 | 1936-1939
Villa Career Form:
Division Two
Swansea City
0-0-1, 0 PTS
Vetch Field
Attendance: 25,189
GK Stan Moore | 🏴 |
D Sid Lawrence | 🏴 |
D Jack Warner | 🏴 |
FB Len Emanuel | 🏴 |
M Joe Lloyd | 🏴 |
W Idris Lewis | 🏴 |
F George Henson | 🏴 |
F Walter Bussey | 🏴 |
Caldwell
Leyland
Williams
Neil Harris | 🏴 |
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
Goalkeepers
GK Stan Moore | 🏴 |
Defenders
D Sid Lawrence | 🏴 |
D Jack Warner | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB Len Emanuel | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Joe Lloyd | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Idris Lewis | 🏴 |
Forwards
F George Henson | 🏴 |
F Walter Bussey | 🏴 |
Unknown
Caldwell
Leyland
Williams
Opposition Unavailable
Not Reported
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Frank Broome scores a brace in Villa's first ever season in the second tier of English football as they open the campaign with a win.
Jimmy Hogan takes charge of Villa for the first time since his appointment earlier this month to replace Jimmy McMullan who had relegated Villa in 1935-36.
The well travelled Hogan had significantly more experience than his predecessor having managed ten clubs at home and abroad as well as leading the Dutch and Swiss national teams and leading the Austrians in the 1936 Berlin Olympics from where he took charge of Villa.
Winger Andy Kerr made his Villa debut aged 19 after joining from Medomsley Juniors in July 1936.
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