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Game #1809

Aston Villa

Saturday, 3 October 1936

Aston Villa

0-0

Coventry City

Division Two

Coventry City

Villa Park

Attendance: 63,686

Drew

WWLLD

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

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.

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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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 3 October 1936

ON THIS DAY

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

Villa Vs.

Coventry City

Previous 5 vs. Coventry: None

PREVIOUS MATCH

None

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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 |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 95 | 🟩 | 31 🟨 25 🟥 39 | 1.24

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

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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

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 |

MANAGER

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Coventry City

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED

Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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