Game #1862
Aston Villa
10-4-5, 24 PTS

Saturday, 11 December 1937
3rd
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Frank Shell | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
Jimmy Hogan | 🏴 | 1936-1939

Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴 |
Full Backs
LB George Cummings | 🏴 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Alex Massie | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴 |
F Frank Shell | 🏴 |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴 |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 3 |
Tom Griffiths | 🏴 |
W John Maund | 🏴 |
CF Tommy Clayton | 🏴 |
Team News
Frank Shell and Freddie Haycock replace Jeff Barker and Tommy Clayton.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None

Won
7-1
🟩 11 Dec 1937, Villa 7-1 Stockport, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Frank Shell | 3' | 35' | 80' | Eric Houghton | 38' | Freddie Haycock | 42' | Frank Broome | 60' | 62' |
Assist(s) | Ronnie Starling | 3' | Bob Iverson | 35' | Frank Shell | 62' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 3' Goal, 1-0, Frank Shell, Assist by Ronnie Starling
🥅 | 11’ Goal, 1-1, (Stockport County), Duggie Reid
⚽ | 35' Goal, 2-1, Frank Shell, Assist by Bob Iverson
❗| 38 Frank Shell's shot is handled in the box
⚽ | 38' Goal, 3-1, Eric Houghton (pen)
🆘 | Referee Gough orders a penalty retake
⚽ | 38' Goal, 3-1, Eric Houghton (pen)
⚽ | 42' Goal, 4-1, Freddie Haycock
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-1 Stockport County
⚽ | 60' Goal, 5-1, Frank Broome
⚽ | 62' Goal, 6-1, Frank Broome, Assist by Frank Shell
⚽ | 80' Goal, 7-1, Frank Shell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 7-1 Stockport County
Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #62 |
Saturday, 11 December 1937

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴 | Nelson, 1936-39
Referee: E. V. Gough | 🏴 | Stoke on Trent
HT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 7-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Officials
Referee: E. V. Gough | 🏴 | Stoke on Trent, 1935-
Match Stats
Not recorded
Jimmy Hogan | 🏴 | 1936-1939
Villa Career Form:
Division Two
Stockport County
7-5-7, 19 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 27,500
GK Frank McDonough | 🏴 |
CB Len Jones | 🏴 |
FB William Jackson | 🏴 |
FB Fred Jenkinson | 🏴 |
M Bob Still | 🏴 |
W Bernard Oxley | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Smailes | 🏴 |
F Arthur Rice | 🏴 |
F Duggie Reid 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Bill Titterington | 🏴 |
CF Dick Fuller | 🏴 |
Bob Kelly | 🏴 |

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)
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Frank McDonough | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Len Jones | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB William Jackson | 🏴 |
FB Fred Jenkinson | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Bob Still | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Bernard Oxley | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Smailes | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Arthur Rice | 🏴 |
F Duggie Reid 🏴 |
F Bill Titterington | 🏴 |
CF Dick Fuller | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
None

Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Frank Shell - in only his second game for Villa - hits a hat-trick on his return to the side as Jimmy Hogan's Villa record their biggest win in all competitions since January 1934 as they hit Stockport for seven.
Villa make it ten wins, four draws and five defeats in nineteen division two games.
Villa go outright third in the table but remain two points behind leaders Coventry and Sheffield United.
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