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Game #1863

Aston Villa

11-4-5, 26 PTS

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Saturday, 18 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
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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 Tommy Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Jimmy Hogan names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

1-0

🟩 18 Dec 1937, Villa 1-0 Barnsley, Oakwell
Scorer(s) | Frank Shell | 17' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 17’ Goal, 1-0, Frank Shell
🕒 | HT Barnsley 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Barnsley 0-1 Aston Villa

Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #63 |
Saturday, 18 December 1937

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-39
Referee: H. Redman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1937
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: H. Redman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1937

Previous 5 vs. Barnsley: 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 4 | 🟩 W4 (100% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 13 | 🥅 3 | GD 10

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Villa Career Form:

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

Division Two

Barnsley

7-4-9, 18 PTS

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Oakwell

Attendance: 15,500

Binns
Bokas
Shotton
Jones
Harper
Logan
Fisher
Barlow
Hamill
Hine
Lang

Brough Fletcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1911-12

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

106

106

🔥

0

1

🟩

50

🟨

21

🟥

35

19

🥅

184

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

59

59

🔥

0

0

🟩

26

🟨

13

🟥

20

CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

89

89

🔥

2

2

🟩

30

🟨

23

🟥

36

RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

55

55

🔥

0

4

🟩

27

🟨

10

🟥

18

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

78

78

🔥

4

7

🟩

34

🟨

17

🟥

27

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

324

324

🔥

151

99

🟩

144

🟨

74

🟥

106

F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

41

41

🔥

9

7

🟩

20

🟨

7

🟥

14

F Frank Shell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

3

3

🔥

4

1

🟩

3

🟨

0

🟥

0

F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

37

37

🔥

4

5

🟩

18

🟨

7

🟥

12

CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

80

80

🔥

53

11

🟩

31

🟨

20

🟥

29

CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

42

42

🔥

3

3

🟩

20

🟨

7

🟥

15

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Frank Shell hits his fourth goal in two games as Jimmy Hogan's Villa win for the eleventh time in twenty division two games.

  • Villa record successive wins for the first time since October to make it eleven wins, four draws and five defeats in twenty division two games under Jimmy Hogan.

  • Villa remain third, two points behind leaders Coventry and Sheffield United.

What they Said

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