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Game #1855

Aston Villa

8-1-3, 17 PTS

Saturday, 23 October 1937

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Won

3rd

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Nottingham Forest

4-3-5, 11 PTS

City Ground

Attendance: 24,254

🟩 23 Oct 1937, Villa 2-0 Forest, City Ground

Nottingham Forest

0-2

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Aston Villa

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🟩 23 Oct 1937, Villa 2-0 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 October 1937

🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 58' Goal, 1-0, Frank Broome
⚽ | 72' Goal, 2-0, Eric Houghton, Assist by Alex Massie
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 0-2 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

🟩 23 Oct 1937, Villa 2-0 Forest, City Ground

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 23 October 1937
  • Villa win again, and for the third successive away game, but so do Coventry as they maintain a two point gap ahead of Jimmy Hogan's side who now occupy 3rd place outright.

  • Up next are leaders Coventry at Villa Park, a win would put Villa joint top but Coventry look formidable opposition.

  • Eric Houghton scores his fourth in as many games as Villa keep up their promotion push with an eighth win of the season in twelve games under Jimmy Hogan.

🟩 23 Oct 1937, Villa 2-0 Forest, City Ground

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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

Nottingham Forest

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1897-98

FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
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Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

League 🕒 45 | 🟩 27 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 8 | ⚽ 97 | 🥅 52 |
FA Cup 🕒 7 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 9 |
Away 🕒 27 | 🟩 11 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 48 | 🥅 43 |

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

Nottingham Forest

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Nottingham Forest

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 23 Oct 1937, Villa 2-0 Forest, City Ground

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #55 |
Saturday, 23 October 1937

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🟩 23 Oct 1937, Villa 2-0 Forest, City Ground

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-39
Referee: Ernest Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1937-1938
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ernest Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1937-1938

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

🟩 23 Oct 1937, Villa 2-0 Forest, City Ground

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TEAM NEWS

Fred Biddlestone replaces Bill Carey.

TEAM STATS

Referee

🟩 23 Oct 1937, Villa 2-0 Forest, City Ground

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 Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Tommy Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Harold Wightman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

Ashton
Trim
Munro
Edgar
Graham
Alsford
Getty
Surtees
Burgin
Peacock
Oakton

Line Ups

🟩 23 Oct 1937, Villa 2-0 Forest, City Ground

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

🟩 23 Oct 1937, Villa 2-0 Forest, City Ground

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

🟩 23 Oct 1937, Villa 2-0 Forest, City Ground

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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Injury | 2 |
Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W John Maund | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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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

Reports

🟩 23 Oct 1937, Villa 2-0 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH VIDEO
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