Game #1893
Aston Villa
Saturday, 27 August 1938
Won
WWWWW
Division One
Grimsby Town
Attendance: 19,117
Blundell Park
Grimsby Town
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Frank Broome scores a brace on his return to top flight football.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 August 1938
ON THIS DAY
Villa win on the opening day of the season to record their first top flight victory since April 1936.
Aston Villa
Grimsby Town
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Grimsby Town
Previous 5 vs. Grimsby: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1938-39 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #80 |
Saturday, 27 August 1938
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Jimmy Hogan |
FT Score | 2-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WWWWW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Jimmy Hogan | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 80 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 16 🟥 23 | 1.74
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
Grimsby Town
TEAM NEWS
Jimmy Hogan names the same line up that won three of their four game consecutive run to the end of the season.
TEAM STATS
MANAGER
Jimmy Hogan | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Fred Biddlestone |
FB George Cummings |
RB Ernie Callaghan |
CB Jimmy Allen |
M Alex Massie |
W Eric Houghton |
F Frank Shell |
F Ronnie Starling |
F Freddie Haycock |
F Bob Iverson |
CF Frank Broome |
MANAGER
Grimsby Town
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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