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Game #1879

Aston Villa

Saturday, 5 March 1938

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Won

Quarter Final

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

FA Cup

Manchester City

Villa Park

Attendance: 75,700

🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-2

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Manchester City

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Assist(s) | Ronnie Starling | 57' | Eric Houghton | 72' | Frank Shell | 85' |

🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 March 1938

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 1-0, Frank Broome, Assist by Ronnie Starling
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 2-0, Freddie Haycock, Assist by Eric Houghton
🥅 | 84' Goal, 2-1, (Manchester City), Doherty
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 3-1, Frank Shell
🥅 | 90' Goal, 3-2, (Manchester City), Jimmy Allen og
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Manchester City

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

🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 5 March 1938
  • Frank Broome scores for the seventh time in six as Villa claim yet another top flight scalp as they beat Manchester City in the quarter final of the FA Cup.

  • The Manchester minnows are well and truly beaten by Jimmy Hogan's Villa but two goals in the last 6 minutes, one an own goal in the final seconds put a respectable veneer on the scoreline.

  • Villa claim yet another top flight scalp as they beat Manchester City in the quarter final of the FA Cup. 

  • The Manchester City FA Cup tie at Villa Park attracted a record crowd of 75,700 paying £5,511 11s. 9d.

🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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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

Manchester City

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
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Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

Total 🕒 64 | 🟩 27 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 26 | ⚽ 116 | 🥅 108 |
League 🕒 58 | 🟩 25 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 23 | ⚽ 107 | 🥅 96 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 12 |
Home 🕒 33 | 🟩 23 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 79 | 🥅 36 |
Away 🕒 30 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 21 | ⚽ 36 | 🥅 53 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 6 |

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

🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #36 |
Manager Game | #79 |
Saturday, 5 March 1938

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🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-1939
Referee: Tom Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northumberland, 1933-1938
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
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

🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tom Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northumberland, 1933-1938

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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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

🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Bill Cobley, George Pritty and Frank Shell replace George Cummings, Tommy Gardner and Tommy Clayton.

Referee

🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MANAGER

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Wilf Wild | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester City

Swift
Dale
Barkas
Percival
Neilson
Bray
Toseland
Herd
Heale
Doherty
Brook

Line Ups

🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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

🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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Injury | 4 |
Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W John Maund | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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