Game #1879
Aston Villa
Saturday, 5 March 1938
Quarter Final
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Jimmy Hogan | 🏴 | 1936-1939
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 | 4 |
Tom Griffiths | 🏴 |
W John Maund | 🏴 |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴 |
Team News
Bill Cobley, George Pritty and Frank Shell replace George Cummings, Tommy Gardner and Tommy Clayton.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Scorer(s) | Frank Broome | 57' | Freddie Haycock | 72' | Frank Shell | 85' |
Assist(s) | Ronnie Starling | 57' | Eric Houghton | 72' | Frank Shell | 85' |
Match Timeline
🕒 | 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
Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #36 |
Manager Game | #79 |
Saturday, 5 March 1938
Match Record
Game Record
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: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Officials
Referee: Tom Thompson | 🏴 | Northumberland, 1933-1938
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
Head to Head
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 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Jimmy Hogan | 🏴 | 1936-1939
Villa Career Form:
FA Cup
Manchester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 75,700
Swift
Dale
Barkas
Percival
Neilson
Bray
Toseland
Herd
Heale
Doherty
Brook
Wilf Wild | 🏴 |
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: 1936-37
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
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.
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