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Game #1869

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 22 January 1938

4th Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

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

Ernie Callaghan and Frank Broome replace Bill Cobley and Frank Shell.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

4-0

🟩 22 Jan 1938, Villa 4-0 Blackpool, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 17' | Frank Broome | 50' | Ronnie Starling | 74' | Frank Shell | 86' |

Assist(s) | Frank Shell | 50' | Frank Broome | 74' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 17' Goal, 1-0, Eric Houghton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackpool
⚽ | 50' Goal, 2-0, Frank Broome, Assist by Frank Shell
⚽ | 74' Goal, 3-0, Ronnie Starling, Assist by Frank Broome
⚽ | 86' Goal, 4-0, Frank Shell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Blackpool

Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #26 |
Manager Game | #69 |
Saturday, 22 January 1938

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-1939
Referee: Jimmy Jewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Forest Hill, 1935-1938
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Jimmy Jewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Forest Hill, 1935-1938

Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 9 | 🟩 W7 (78% ) | 🟨 D1 | 🇺(89% ) | 🟥 L1 (11% ) | ⚽ 33 | 🥅 15 | GD 18

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Villa Career Form:

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

FA Cup

Blackpool

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Villa Park

Attendance: 69,208

Roxburgh
D. Blair
Witham
Farrow
Hayward
Johnston
Munro
Buchan
Lyon
J. A. Blair
Finan

Joe Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

112

112

🔥

0

1

🟩

55

🟨

22

🟥

35

22

🥅

188

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

65

65

🔥

0

0

🟩

31

🟨

14

🟥

20

CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

95

95

🔥

2

2

🟩

35

🟨

24

🟥

36

RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

60

60

🔥

0

4

🟩

31

🟨

11

🟥

18

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

84

84

🔥

5

7

🟩

39

🟨

18

🟥

27

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

330

330

🔥

154

100

🟩

149

🟨

75

🟥

106

F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

46

46

🔥

13

7

🟩

25

🟨

7

🟥

14

W Andy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

13

13

🔥

0

0

🟩

8

🟨

3

🟥

2

F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

43

43

🔥

5

6

🟩

23

🟨

8

🟥

12

CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

85

85

🔥

56

15

🟩

35

🟨

21

🟥

29

CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

48

48

🔥

4

3

🟩

25

🟨

8

🟥

15

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Eric Houghton scores for the third successive game as Frank Shell and Frank Broome score one and create one apiece to help Villa hammer division one outfit Blackpool in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

What they Said

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