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Game #1808

Aston Villa

4-2-2, 10 PTS

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Saturday, 26 September 1936

3rd=

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Gordon Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939
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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 | 1 |
W Charlie Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Team News

Jimmy McMullan names the same line up for the sixth consecutive game.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

0-1

🟥 26 Sep 1936, Villa 0-1 Doncaster, Belle Vue
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 66' Goal, 0-1, (Doncaster Rovers), Gladwin
🕒 | FT Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Aston Villa

Season | 1936-37 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #8 |
Saturday, 26 September 1936

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-1939
Referee: Robert Warburton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1930-1937
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: Robert Warburton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1930-1937

Previous 5 vs. Doncaster: None

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 1 | 🟩 W0 (0% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(0% ) | 🟥 L1 (100% ) | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 | GD -1

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Villa Career Form:

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Division Two

Doncaster Rovers

2-1-4, 5 PTS

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Belle Vue

Attendance: 23,426

Bradshaw R.
Shaw
Rodgers
Gladwin
Bycroft
Dodsworth
Burton
Malam
Baines
Smith
Johnston

Fred Emery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

71

71

🔥

0

0

🟩

34

🟨

13

🟥

24

7

🥅

139

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

36

36

🔥

0

0

🟩

14

🟨

9

🟥

13

FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

64

64

🔥

0

0

🟩

20

🟨

18

🟥

26

M Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

36

36

🔥

0

1

🟩

13

🟨

8

🟥

15

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

33

33

🔥

2

2

🟩

13

🟨

7

🟥

13

M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

54

54

🔥

0

4

🟩

18

🟨

21

🟥

15

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

288

288

🔥

131

90

🟩

127

🟨

64

🟥

97

F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

90

90

🔥

20

8

🟩

30

🟨

22

🟥

38

F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

167

167

🔥

97

27

🟩

64

🟨

41

🟥

62

F Gordon Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

23

23

🔥

10

7

🟩

10

🟨

7

🟥

6

CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

32

32

🔥

20

6

🟩

10

🟨

8

🟥

14

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa fail to score and are beaten for the second successive game following their six game unbeaten run at the start of their first season in the second tier.

  • Villa face Doncaster Rovers for the first time in competitive football, Rovers become the 80th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • The only goal of the game comes from a Fred Biddlestone error who misjudges the flight of a harmless shot that settles in the back of the net.

  • Villa fall to 

What they Said

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