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Game #1907

Aston Villa

5-3-7, 13 PTS

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Saturday, 19 November 1938

16th=

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Frank O’Donnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
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 | 1 |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Jimmy Hogan names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

6-2

🟩 19 Nov 1938, Villa 6-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Frank Broome | 12' | Freddie Haycock | 20' | 87' | Frank O’Donnell | 34' | 53' | Eric Houghton | 46' |

Assist(s) | Ronnie Starling | 12' | Frank Broome | 20' | 34' | 53' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 12' Goal, 1-0, Frank Broome, Assist by Ronnie Starling
⚽ | 20' Goal, 2-0, Freddie Haycock, Assist by Frank Broome
⚽ | 34' Goal, 3-0, Frank O'Donnell, Assist by Frank Broome
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 3-1, (Chelsea), Argue
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-1 Chelsea
⚽ | 46' Goal, 4-1, Eric Houghton
⚽ | 53' Goal, 5-1, Frank O'Donnell, Assist by Frank Broome
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 5-2, (Chelsea), Mills
⚽ | 87' Goal, 6-2, Freddie Haycock
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-2 Chelsea

Season | 1938-39 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #107 |
Saturday, 19 November 1938

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-39
Referee: R. W. Griffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1938-1939
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: R. W. Griffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1938-1939

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 36 | 🟩 W17 (47% ) | 🟨 D8 | 🇺(69% ) | 🟥 L11 (31% ) | ⚽ 61 | 🥅 46 | GD 15

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Villa Career Form:

Division One

Chelsea

5-3-7, 13 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 41,678

Woodley
Barber
Smith
Allum
Salmond
Weaver
Spence
Argue
Mills
Burgess
Hanson

Leslie Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

147

147

🔥

0

1

🟩

70

🟨

29

🟥

48

32

🥅

235

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

96

96

🔥

0

0

🟩

45

🟨

20

🟥

31

CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

131

131

🔥

2

2

🟩

52

🟨

31

🟥

48

RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

97

97

🔥

0

5

🟩

48

🟨

18

🟥

31

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

122

122

🔥

5

10

🟩

57

🟨

25

🟥

40

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

362

362

🔥

161

103

🟩

164

🟨

81

🟥

117

F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

82

82

🔥

24

11

🟩

43

🟨

13

🟥

26

F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

79

79

🔥

11

13

🟩

40

🟨

15

🟥

24

CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

115

115

🔥

75

25

🟩

52

🟨

25

🟥

38

CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

83

83

🔥

5

6

🟩

42

🟨

15

🟥

26

CF Frank O'Donnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

2

2

🔥

2

0

🟩

1

🟨

0

🟥

1

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Frank O'Donnell scores a brace on his second appearance.

  • Villa recover from a run of five successive defeats to hammer Chelsea at Villa Park, scoring more goals in 90 minutes (six) as they had managed in their previous seven (five). 

  • Villa make it five wins, three draws and seven defeats in fifteen division one games.

What they Said

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