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Game #1900

Aston Villa

4-2-2, 10 PTS

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Saturday, 1 October 1938

3rd=

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

Team News

Frank Broome replaces Eric Houghton.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

2-0

🟩 1 Oct 1938, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Andy Kerr | 26' | Ronnie Starling | 78' |

Assist(s) | Jackie Martin | 26' | Frank Broome | 78' |

Match Timeline

🚑 | 26' Player retires from field of play with injury, George Cummings
⚽ | 26' Goal, 1-0, Andy Kerr, Assist by Jackie Martin
🚑 | Player returns to field of play, George Cummings
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Portsmouth
⚽ | 78' Goal, 2-0, Ronnie Starling, Assist by Frank Broome
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Portsmouth

Season | 1938-39 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #100 |
Saturday, 1 October 1938

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-39
Referee: G. Hann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Glastonbury, 1938-1939
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Officials

Referee: G. Hann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Glastonbury, 1938-1939

Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 23 | 🟩 W11 (48% ) | 🟨 D3 | 🇺(61% ) | 🟥 L9 (39% ) | ⚽ 48 | 🥅 40 | GD 8

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Villa Career Form:

Division One

Portsmouth

4-0-4, 8 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 49,282

Walker
Morgan
Rochford
Guthrie
Rowe
Wharton
Worrall
Groves
Beattie
Easson
Parker

Jack Tinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

140

140

🔥

0

1

🟩

69

🟨

28

🟥

43

32

🥅

219

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

90

90

🔥

0

0

🟩

44

🟨

20

🟥

26

CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

124

124

🔥

2

2

🟩

51

🟨

30

🟥

43

RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

90

90

🔥

0

5

🟩

47

🟨

17

🟥

26

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

115

115

🔥

5

10

🟩

56

🟨

24

🟥

35

W Andy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

20

20

🔥

3

0

🟩

11

🟨

5

🟥

4

F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

75

75

🔥

21

11

🟩

42

🟨

12

🟥

21

F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

8

8

🔥

4

2

🟩

3

🟨

4

🟥

1

F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

73

73

🔥

11

12

🟩

39

🟨

14

🟥

20

CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

109

109

🔥

73

22

🟩

51

🟨

24

🟥

34

CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

76

76

🔥

5

6

🟩

41

🟨

14

🟥

21

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Jimmy Hogan's Villa continue their good start to life back in the top flight and record their fourth win in eight games as Andy Kerr scores for the fourth time in as many games.

  • Villa extend their unbeaten top flight run to four games for the first time since April 1935 as they beat Portsmouth to make it four wins, two draws and two defeats in eight division one games.

What they Said

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