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Game #1852

Aston Villa

6-1-2, 13 PTS

Saturday, 2 October 1937

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Won

2nd=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Plymouth Argyle

1-3-5, 4 PTS

Home Park

Attendance: 29,992

🟩 2 Oct 1937, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Home Park

Plymouth Argyle

0-3

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Aston Villa

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🟩 2 Oct 1937, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Home Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 2 October 1937

⚽ | 44' Goal, 1-0, Frank Broome
🕒 | HT Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50' Goal, 2-0, Frank Broome, Assist by Freddie Haycock
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Eric Houghton
🕒 | FT Plymouth Argyle 0-3 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 2 Oct 1937, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Home Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 2 October 1937
  • Frank Broome scores a brace to make it three in two games as Villa win for the third consecutive game in their promotion push.

  • Villa remain joint second, a point behind leaders Coventry, but now are level only with Sheffield United.

  • Villa record three consecutive wins for first time since March 1937 as they make it six wins, a draw and two defeats in nine division two games

🟩 2 Oct 1937, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Home Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Plymouth Argyle

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Plymouth Argyle
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Previous 5 vs. Plymouth: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 2 Oct 1937, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Home Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #52 |
Saturday, 2 October 1937

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🟩 2 Oct 1937, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Home Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-39
Referee: F. J. Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1937-1947
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Villa Career Form:

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 2 Oct 1937, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Home Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: F. J. Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1937-1947

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 2 Oct 1937, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Home Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Alex Massie replaces Tommy Gardner.

Referee

🟩 2 Oct 1937, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Home Park

MANAGER

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

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Aston Villa

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Andy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bob Jack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Plymouth Argyle

Foley
Kirkwood
Rae
Gorman
McNeil
Black T.
Hunter
Mitcheson
Connor
Brown
Vidler

Line Ups

🟩 2 Oct 1937, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Home Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

🟩 2 Oct 1937, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Home Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

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

Squad Bios

🟩 2 Oct 1937, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Home Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 2 Oct 1937, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Home Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 2 Oct 1937, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Home Park

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Injury | 3 |
Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W John Maund | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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MATCH VIDEO
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