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Game #1901

Aston Villa

4-3-2, 11 PTS

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Saturday, 8 October 1938

4th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Bill Cobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

Goalkeepers
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Bill Cobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Wingers
W Andy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

Injury | 3 |
F Frank Shell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Team News

Jimmy Hogan names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Drew

1-1

🟨 8 Oct 1938, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
Scorer(s) | Frank Broome | 67' |

Assist(s) | Andy Kerr | 67' |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 44’ Goal, 0-1, (Huddersfield Town), Ken Willingham
🕒 | HT Huddersfield Town 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 67' Goal, 1-1, Frank Broome, Assist by Andy Kerr
🕒 | FT Huddersfield Town 1-1 Aston Villa

Season | 1938-39 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #101 |
Saturday, 8 October 1938

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-39
Referee: Andrew Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wigan, 1936-1939
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

Officials

Referee: Andrew Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wigan, 1936-1939

Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 37 | 🟩 W15 (41% ) | 🟨 D10 | 🇺(68% ) | 🟥 L12 (32% ) | ⚽ 67 | 🥅 52 | GD 15

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Villa Career Form:

Division One

Huddersfield Town

2-2-6, 6 PTS

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Leeds Road

Attendance: 20,639

GK Bob Hesford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Benny Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Reg Mountford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ken Willingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
D Alf Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Eddie Boot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Wienand | 🇿🇦 |
M Pat Beasley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jimmy Isaac | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Harry Baird | 🇬🇧 |

Clem Stephenson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1925-26

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Bob Hesford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
D Benny Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Reg Mountford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ken Willingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Alf Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Eddie Boot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M George Wienand | 🇿🇦 |
M Pat Beasley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Jimmy Isaac | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Harry Baird | 🇬🇧 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
Starting XI
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

141

141

🔥

0

1

🟩

69

🟨

29

🟥

43

32

🥅

220

FB Bill Cobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

45

45

🔥

0

0

🟩

18

🟨

12

🟥

15

CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

125

125

🔥

2

2

🟩

51

🟨

31

🟥

43

RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

91

91

🔥

0

5

🟩

47

🟨

18

🟥

26

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

116

116

🔥

5

10

🟩

56

🟨

25

🟥

35

W Andy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

21

21

🔥

3

1

🟩

11

🟨

6

🟥

4

F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

76

76

🔥

21

11

🟩

42

🟨

13

🟥

21

F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

9

9

🔥

4

2

🟩

3

🟨

5

🟥

1

F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

74

74

🔥

11

12

🟩

39

🟨

15

🟥

20

CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

110

110

🔥

74

22

🟩

51

🟨

25

🟥

34

CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

77

77

🔥

5

6

🟩

41

🟨

15

🟥

21

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa extend their unbeaten top flight run to five games for the first time since April 1935 but are held at Leeds Road to make it four wins, three draws and two defeats in nine division one games.

  • Frank Broome scores his third of the season as Villa extend their unbeaten run in the top flight to five games.

What they Said

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