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Game #1865

Aston Villa

13-4-5, 30 PTS

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Tuesday, 28 December 1937

2nd

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 the same line up for the fourth consecutive game.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

3-0

🟩 28 Dec 1937, Villa 3-0 Barnsley, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Alex Massie | 40' | Frank Broome | 49' | 67' |

Assist(s) | Frank Shell | 40' | 67' | Ronnie Startling | 49' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 40' Goal, 1-0, Alex Massie, Assist by Frank Shell
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Barnsley
⚽ | 49' Goal, 2-0, Frank Broome, Assist by Ronnie Startling
⚽ | 67' Goal, 3-0, Frank Broome, Assist by Frank Shell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Barnsley

Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #65 |
Tuesday, 28 December 1937

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-1939
Referee: H. Redman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1937
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Officials

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

Previous 5 vs. Barnsley: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 5 | 🟩 W5 (100% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 3 | GD 13

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

8-4-11, 20 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 40,360

Binns
Williams
Shotton
Jones
Bokas
Logan
Hine
Barrow
Hunt
Asquith
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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

108

108

🔥

0

1

🟩

52

🟨

21

🟥

35

20

🥅

185

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

61

61

🔥

0

0

🟩

28

🟨

13

🟥

20

CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

91

91

🔥

2

2

🟩

32

🟨

23

🟥

36

RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

57

57

🔥

0

4

🟩

29

🟨

10

🟥

18

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

80

80

🔥

5

7

🟩

36

🟨

17

🟥

27

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

326

326

🔥

151

99

🟩

146

🟨

74

🟥

106

F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

43

43

🔥

10

7

🟩

22

🟨

7

🟥

14

F Frank Shell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

5

5

🔥

5

3

🟩

5

🟨

0

🟥

0

F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

39

39

🔥

4

5

🟩

20

🟨

7

🟥

12

CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

82

82

🔥

55

13

🟩

33

🟨

20

🟥

29

CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

44

44

🔥

3

3

🟩

22

🟨

7

🟥

15

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Frank Broome hits a brace to record Villa's fourth successive victory under Jimmy Hogan to end 1937 in a strong promotion position as the move above Coventry for the first time this season to sit outright second, one point behind leaders Sheffield United with a game in hand.

  • Villa win for the fourth consecutive League game for the first time this season and the first time since January 1933 under Jimmy Smith.

  • Villa make it thirteen wins, four draws and five defeats in twenty two division two games.

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