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Game #1897

Aston Villa

2-1-2, 5 PTS

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Saturday, 10 September 1938

8th=

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 Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
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 | 2 |
F Frank Shell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Jackie Martin replaces Frank Moss.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

4-2

🟩 10 Sep 1938, Villa 4-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield
Scorer(s) | Freddie Haycock | 36' | Ronnie Starling | 39' | Jackie Martin | 50' | 75' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 28’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackpool), Buchan
⚽ | 36' Goal, 1-1, Freddie Haycock
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 1-2, (Blackpool), Buchan
⚽ | 39' Goal, 2-2, Ronnie Starling
🕒 | HT Blackpool 2-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50' Goal, 3-2, Jackie Maritn
⚽ | 75' Goal, 4-2, Jackie Maritn
🕒 | FT Blackpool 2-4 Aston Villa

Season | 1938-39 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #97 |
Saturday, 10 September 1938

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-39
Referee: W. H. Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1938-1949
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: W. H. Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1938-1949

Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 10 | 🟩 W8 (80% ) | 🟨 D1 | 🇺(90% ) | 🟥 L1 (10% ) | ⚽ 37 | 🥅 17 | GD 20

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Villa Career Form:

Division One

Blackpool

0-1-3, 1 PTS

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Bloomfield Road

Attendance: 29,128

Roxburgh
Blair D.
Sidey
Farrow
Hayward
Johnson
Munroe
Buchan
O'Donnell
Blair J.
Dawson

Joe Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

137

137

🔥

0

1

🟩

67

🟨

27

🟥

43

29

🥅

219

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

87

87

🔥

0

0

🟩

42

🟨

19

🟥

26

CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

121

121

🔥

2

2

🟩

49

🟨

29

🟥

43

RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

87

87

🔥

0

5

🟩

45

🟨

16

🟥

26

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

112

112

🔥

5

10

🟩

54

🟨

23

🟥

35

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

356

356

🔥

159

102

🟩

162

🟨

80

🟥

114

F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

72

72

🔥

21

9

🟩

40

🟨

11

🟥

21

W Andy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

17

17

🔥

0

0

🟩

9

🟨

4

🟥

4

F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

5

5

🔥

2

0

🟩

1

🟨

3

🟥

1

F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

71

71

🔥

10

12

🟩

38

🟨

13

🟥

20

CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

73

73

🔥

5

6

🟩

39

🟨

13

🟥

21

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Jackie Martin hits a brace as Jimmy Hogan's Villa win for the second time in five top flight games.

  • Villa's victory comes against bottom side Blackpool a game after playing leaders Everton.

  • Villa bounce back from successive defeats to earn a second top flight win in five.

  • Villa, without a home win, secure their second away victory in three.

What they Said

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