Game #1809
Saturday, 3 October 1936
Attendance: 63,686
Drew
Division Two
Coventry City
WWLLD
Villa Park
Jimmy McMullan's Villa fail to score for the third successive game as they are held at home in their first ever match with Coventry.
Aston Villa
0-0
Coventry City
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Jimmy McMullan's Villa fail to score for the third successive game as they are held at home in their first ever match with Coventry.
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Villa fail to score for the third successive game but stop a run of consecutive defeats as they are held at home in their first ever game against Coventry.
Meanwhile, full back Bill Cobley, midfielder George Hardy and forward Jackie Martin made their Villa debuts aged 26, 24 and 22 after joining from Nuneaton Town in February 1934 and Hednesford Town in January 1935 respectively.
Aston Villa
Coventry City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Coventry City
Previous 5 vs. Coventry: | - | - | - | - | - |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1936-37 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #95 |
Saturday, 3 October 1936
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Jimmy McMullan |
FT Score | 0-0 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | WWLLD |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Coventry City
TEAM NEWS
Jimmy McMullan makes five changes after successive defeats including three debuts as Andy Kerr, Bill Cobley (debut), George Hardy (debut), Jimmy Allen and Jackie Martin (debut) replace George Beeson, George Cummings, Tommy Gardner, Gordon Hodgson and Ronnie Dix.
TEAM STATS
MANAGER
MANAGER
Jimmy McMullan
Aston Villa
GK Fred Biddlestone |
FB Bill Cobley |
CB Jimmy Allen |
M George Hardy |
M Alex Massie |
M Tom Griffiths |
W Eric Houghton |
W Andy Kerr |
CF Frank Broome |
F Dai Astley |
F Jackie Martin |
Coventry City
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
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