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Game #1903

Aston Villa

4-3-4, 11 PTS

Saturday, 22 October 1938

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Lost

8th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division One

Leicester City

3-4-5, 10 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 46,233

🟥 22 Oct 1938, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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Leicester City

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🟥 22 Oct 1938, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 22 October 1938

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester City
🥅 | 63’ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Dewis
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 0-2, (Leicester City, pen), Reeday
⚽ | 83' Goal, 1-2, Freddie Haycock
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Leicester City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 22 Oct 1938, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 22 October 1938
  • Villa lose successive games to make it four wins, three draws and four defeats in eleven division one games but it is the 'eccentric' refereeing from Daly that takes the headlines.

🟥 22 Oct 1938, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Leicester City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Leicester City
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Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 22 Oct 1938, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1938-39 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #103 |
Saturday, 22 October 1938

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🟥 22 Oct 1938, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-39
Referee: W. F. Daly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Romford
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
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Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Villa Career Form:

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 22 Oct 1938, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: W. F. Daly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Romford, 1938-

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

🆘 A litany of eccentric decisions but disallowing a legitimate first half goal for Villa and instead awarding a free kick outside the box for the hosts typified the lack of clarity and competence with which Daly approached the game.

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 22 Oct 1938, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

George Cummings and Eric Houghton replace Bill Cobley and Frank Broome.

Referee

🟥 22 Oct 1938, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

MANAGER

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Frank Womack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leicester City

Calvert
Frame
Reeday
Heywood
Sharman
Grosvenor
Griffiths
Maw
Dewis
Moralee
Stubbs

Line Ups

🟥 22 Oct 1938, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 22 Oct 1938, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Squad Bios

🟥 22 Oct 1938, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟥 22 Oct 1938, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 22 Oct 1938, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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Injury | 2 |
F Frank Shell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 22 Oct 1938, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 22 Oct 1938, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 22 Oct 1938, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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