Aston Villa
14-12-8, 40 PTS
Saturday, 20 March 1937
1936-37
5th
Won
4-0
Blackpool
22-4-9, 48 PTS
Division Two
Villa Park
Attendance: 54,860
๐ฉ 20 Mar 1937, Villa 4-0 Blackpool, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Frank Broome | 17' | 34' | 54' | Freddie Haycock | 51' |
Assist(s) | Ronnie Starling | 17' | Eric Houghton | 34' | 51' | Alex Massie | 54' |
Fixture List
On This Day
Saturday, 20 March 1937
Frank Broome hits Villa's fourth hat-trick of the season to make it ten goals in the last six as Villa beat leaders Blackpool at Villa Park.
Villa extend their best run of the season to six games unbeaten with five wins.
Villa make it ten wins in the last twenty eight second tier games and an overall record of fourteen wins, twelve draws and eight defeats in thirty four division two matches.
Midfielder George Pritty made his Villa debut aged 22 after moving from Newport County in May 1935.
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ
Jimmy Hogan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1936-1939
Villa Career Form:
Game #1835
Match Record
Season | 1936-37 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #35 |
Saturday, 20 March 1937
Game Record
Manager: Jimmy Hogan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Nelson, 1936-1939
Referee: Clifford Fletcher | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Northwich, 1936-1953
HT Score: ๐ฉ 2-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 4-0
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ
Head to Head
Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
Total ๐ 8 | ๐ฉ W6 (75% ) | ๐จ D1 | ๐บ(88% ) | ๐ฅ L1 (13% ) | โฝ 29 | ๐ฅ 15 | GD 14
Trophy Cabinet
Aston Villa
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Blackpool
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Squad News
Debut Appearances
๐ข M George Pritty | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #379 | Youth team promotion
Final Appearances
None
Match Timeline
๐ข | 1' Debut, George Pritty
โฝ | 17โ Goal, 1-0, Frank Broome, Assist by Ronnie Starling
โฝ | 34โ Goal, 2-0, Frank Broome, Assist by Eric Houghton
๐ | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Blackpool
โฝ | 51โ Goal, 3-0, Freddie Haycock, Assist by Eric Houghton
โฝ | 54โ Goal, 4-0, Frank Broome, Assist by Alex Massie
๐ | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Blackpool
Officials
Referee: Clifford Fletcher | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Northwich, 1936-1953
Officials
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Officials
Villa Bookings
None
Villa Sendings Off
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Opposition Sendings Off
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Match Stats
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Line Up & Subs
Aston Villa
Jimmy Hogan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1936-1939
GK Fred Biddlestone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Bill Cobley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Ernie Callaghan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Alex Massie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
M Tom Griffiths | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M George Pritty | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ข |
W John Maund | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | ๐ฅ |
F Freddie Haycock | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
F Ronnie Starling | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
CF Frank Broome | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ | โฝ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Blackpool
Joe Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Wallace
Blair
Witham
Farrow
Cardwell
Jones S.
Watmough
Hampson
Finan
Munro
Hill
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Team News
Aston Villa
Injury | 1 |
F Bob Iverson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Jimmy hands George Pritty his debut in place of Bob Iverson.
Blackpool
Not Recorded
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Blackpool
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1936-37
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