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Game #1850

Aston Villa

4-1-2, 9 PTS

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Saturday, 18 September 1937

4th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🚑 | 🔥 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Charlie Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Frank Shell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

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 | 3 |
Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W John Maund | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Jimmy Hogan makes his first change of the season as he hands a debut to Frank Shell in place of 1936-37 leading scorer Frank Broome.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

🟢 F Frank Shell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #381 | Free transfer from Ford Sports

Final Appearances

None

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Won

2-1

🟩 18 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough
Scorer(s) | Freddie Haycock | 2' | Bob Iverson | 65' |

Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 2' | Alex Massie | 65' |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Frank Shell
⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Freddie Haycock, Assist by Eric Houghton
🥅 | 6' Goal, 1-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Matthews
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Aston Villa
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, Alex Massie
⚽ | 65' Goal, 2-1, Bob Iverson, Assist by Alex Massie
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Aston Villa

Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #50 |
Saturday, 18 September 1937

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-39
Referee: George Hewitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | St Helens, 1929-1938
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: George Hewitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | St Helens, 1929-1938

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 69 | 🟩 W34 (49% ) | 🟨 D6 | 🇺(58% ) | 🟥 L29 (42% ) | ⚽ 150 | 🥅 122 | GD 28

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Villa Career Form:

Division Two

Sheffield Wednesday

1-2-4, 4 PTS

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Hillsborough

Attendance: 20,663

Goodfellow
Ashley
Catlin
Moss
Hanford
Rhodes
Luke
Hooper
Matthews
Curry
Rimmer

Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (ex)
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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: 1934–35

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
Starting XI
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

94

94

🔥

0

1

🟩

44

🟨

18

🟥

32

13

🥅

174

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

47

47

🔥

0

0

🟩

19

🟨

11

🟥

17

CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

76

76

🔥

2

2

🟩

23

🟨

20

🟥

33

RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

42

42

🔥

0

3

🟩

20

🟨

7

🟥

15

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

67

67

🔥

4

6

🟩

28

🟨

15

🟥

24

W Charlie Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

22

22

🔥

5

3

🟩

10

🟨

5

🟥

7

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

311

311

🔥

144

98

🟩

137

🟨

71

🟥

103

F Frank Shell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

1

1

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

0

🟥

0

F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

24

24

🔥

4

3

🟩

11

🟨

4

🟥

9

F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

30

30

🔥

6

6

🟩

14

🟨

4

🟥

12

CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

30

30

🔥

2

1

🟩

13

🟨

5

🟥

12

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Thuggishness on the pitch and from the terraces is beaten by a vastly superior Villa side as Freddie Haycock scores for the second time in three games and Villa win for the fourth time in seven division two games.

  • Villa make it four wins, a draw and two defeats in seven division two games. 

  • Villa climb back to joint fourth and move within two points of leaders Coventry after 7 games. Up next is bottom side Fulham.

  • Forward Frank Shell made his Villa debut aged 24 after joining from Ford Sports in May 1937.

What they Said

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