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Game #1893

Aston Villa

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Saturday, 27 August 1938

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Won

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Grimsby Town

0-0-1, 0 PTS

Blundell Park

Attendance: 19,117

🟩 27 Aug 1938, Villa 2-1 Grimsby, Blundell Park

Grimsby Town

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Ronnie Starling | 8' |

🟩 27 Aug 1938, Villa 2-1 Grimsby, Blundell Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 August 1938

⚽ | 8' Goal, 1-0, Frank Broome, Assist by Ronnie Starling
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Grimsby Town
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 1-1, (Grimsby Town), Jones
⚽ | 63' Goal, 2-1, Frank Broome
🚑 | 63' Player injured on field of play, Frank Broome
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Grimsby Town

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

🟩 27 Aug 1938, Villa 2-1 Grimsby, Blundell Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 27 August 1938
  • Villa win on the opening day of the season to record their first top flight victory since April 1936.

  • Frank Broome scores a brace on his return to top flight football.

🟩 27 Aug 1938, Villa 2-1 Grimsby, Blundell 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

Grimsby Town

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Grimsby Town
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Previous 5 vs. Grimsby: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

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

🟩 27 Aug 1938, Villa 2-1 Grimsby, Blundell Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1938-39 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #93 |
Saturday, 27 August 1938

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🟩 27 Aug 1938, Villa 2-1 Grimsby, Blundell Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-39
Referee: T. Bentley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1936-1938
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
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

🟩 27 Aug 1938, Villa 2-1 Grimsby, Blundell Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: T. Bentley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1936-1938

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

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

🟩 27 Aug 1938, Villa 2-1 Grimsby, Blundell Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Jimmy Hogan names the same line up that won three of their four game consecutive run to the end of the season.

Referee

🟩 27 Aug 1938, Villa 2-1 Grimsby, Blundell Park

MANAGER

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Charlie Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Grimsby Town

Tweedy
Vincent
J. V. Hodgson
Hall
Betmead
Buck
Boyd
Temple
Beattie
Jones
Bartholomew

Line Ups

🟩 27 Aug 1938, Villa 2-1 Grimsby, Blundell Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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Substitutes

🟩 27 Aug 1938, Villa 2-1 Grimsby, Blundell Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

🟩 27 Aug 1938, Villa 2-1 Grimsby, Blundell Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 27 Aug 1938, Villa 2-1 Grimsby, Blundell Park

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 27 Aug 1938, Villa 2-1 Grimsby, Blundell Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 27 Aug 1938, Villa 2-1 Grimsby, Blundell Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 27 Aug 1938, Villa 2-1 Grimsby, Blundell Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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