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Game #1905

Aston Villa

4-3-6, 11 PTS

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Saturday, 5 November 1938

14th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Andy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Frank Shell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
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 | 3 |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Andy Kerr and George Edwards (debut) replace Eric Houghton and Ronnie Starling.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

🟢 F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #386 | Free transfer from Norwich

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

0-2

🟥 5 Nov 1938, Villa 0-2 United, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, George Edwards
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester United
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Rowley
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 0-2, (Manchester United), Wrigglesworth
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Manchester United

Season | 1938-39 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #105 |
Saturday, 5 November 1938

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-39
Referee: Jimmy Jewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Forest Hill, 1935-1938
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: Jimmy Jewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Forest Hill, 1935-1938

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 47 | 🟩 25 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 18 | ⚽ 101 | 🥅 75 |
League 🕒 43 | 🟩 24 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 15 | ⚽ 97 | 🥅 65 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 4 | 🥅 10 |
Home 🕒 23 | 🟩 16 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 66 | 🥅 27 |
Away 🕒 24 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 14 | ⚽ 35 | 🥅 48 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Villa Career Form:

Division One

Manchester United

3-4-6, 10 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 38,357

Breen
Redwood
Griffiths
Warner
Vose
McKay
Rowley
Carey
Smith
Pearson
Wrigglesworth

Walker Crickmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1910-11

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

145

145

🔥

0

1

🟩

69

🟨

29

🟥

47

32

🥅

230

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

94

94

🔥

0

0

🟩

44

🟨

20

🟥

30

CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

129

129

🔥

2

2

🟩

51

🟨

31

🟥

47

RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

95

95

🔥

0

5

🟩

47

🟨

18

🟥

30

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

120

120

🔥

5

10

🟩

56

🟨

25

🟥

39

W Andy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

24

24

🔥

3

1

🟩

11

🟨

6

🟥

7

F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

80

80

🔥

22

11

🟩

42

🟨

13

🟥

25

F Frank Shell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

29

29

🔥

12

5

🟩

19

🟨

4

🟥

6

F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

1

1

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

0

🟥

1

CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

113

113

🔥

74

22

🟩

51

🟨

25

🟥

37

CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

81

81

🔥

5

6

🟩

41

🟨

15

🟥

25

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Jimmy Hogan's Villa lose for the fourth successive top flight game as they fail to score for the sixth time in thirteen.

  • For the third successive game they are 0-0 at half time but concede to defeat in the second half with all the damage being done from 60' once again.

  • Villa make it four wins, three draws and six defeats in thirteen division one games.

  • Forward George Edwards makes his Villa debut aged 20 after joining from Norwich.

What they Said

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