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Game #1894

Aston Villa

1-1-0, 3 PTS

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Wednesday, 31 August 1938

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Andy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 |
F Frank Shell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Andy Kerr, Tommy Clayton and Jackie Martin replace Frank Shell, Freddie Haycock and Frank Broome.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Drew

1-1

🟨 31 Aug 1938, Villa 1-1 Boro, Ayresome
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 68' (pen) |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 41’ Goal, 0-1, (Middlesbrough), Fenton
🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 68' Goal, 1-1, Eric Houghton, pen
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 1-1 Aston Villa

Season | 1938-39 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #94 |
Wednesday, 31 August 1938

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-39
Referee: George Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bury, 1927-1939
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Officials

Referee: George Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bury, 1927-1939

Previous 5 vs. Boro: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 53 | 🟩 W29 (55% ) | 🟨 D9 | 🇺(72% ) | 🟥 L15 (28% ) | ⚽ 127 | 🥅 81 | GD 46

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Villa Career Form:

Division One

Middlesbrough

1-1-0, 3 PTS

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Ayresome Park

Attendance: 29,281

Cumming
Laking
Stuart
McKenzie
Baxter
Forrest
Milne
Mannion
Fenton
Yorstone
Cochrane

Wilf Gillow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

134

134

🔥

0

1

🟩

66

🟨

27

🟥

41

29

🥅

213

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

84

84

🔥

0

0

🟩

41

🟨

19

🟥

24

CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

118

118

🔥

2

2

🟩

48

🟨

29

🟥

41

RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

84

84

🔥

0

5

🟩

44

🟨

16

🟥

24

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

109

109

🔥

5

10

🟩

53

🟨

23

🟥

33

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

353

353

🔥

159

102

🟩

161

🟨

80

🟥

112

W Andy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

14

14

🔥

0

0

🟩

8

🟨

4

🟥

2

F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

3

3

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

3

🟥

0

CF Tommy Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

10

10

🔥

1

1

🟩

3

🟨

4

🟥

3

F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

68

68

🔥

9

12

🟩

37

🟨

13

🟥

18

CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

70

70

🔥

5

6

🟩

38

🟨

13

🟥

19

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Eric Houghton scores from the spot to earn Villa a draw at Ayresome.

  • Villa make it two top flight games unbeaten for the first time since April 1936 as they are held to a draw at Ayresome Park.

What they Said

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