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Game #1911

Aston Villa

8-3-4, 19 PTS

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Saturday, 17 December 1938

9th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

GK Alan Wakeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank O’Donnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

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

None

Team News

Jimmy Hogan names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

2-1

🟩 17 Dec 1938, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Frank O’Donnell | 4' | Eric Houghton | 81' (pen) |

Assist(s) | Frank Broome | 4' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 4' Goal, 1-0, Frank O’Donnell, Assist by Frank Broome
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Leeds United
🥅 | 55' Goal, 1-1, (Leeds United), Hargreaves
⚽ | 81' Goal, 2-1, Eric Houghton, pen
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds United

Season | 1938-39 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #111 |
Saturday, 17 December 1938

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-39
Referee: Percy Snape | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1932-1948
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Percy Snape | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1932-1948

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 22 | 🟩 W10 (45% ) | 🟨 D6 | 🇺(73% ) | 🟥 L6 (27% ) | ⚽ 45 | 🥅 42 | GD 3

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Villa Career Form:

Division One

Leeds United

9-3-7, 21 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 28,990

Twomey
Milburn
Gadsby
Edwards
Holley
Bourne
Cochrane
Ainsley
Gordon Hodgson (ex)
Stephenson
Hargreaves

Billy Hampson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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 Alan Wakeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

2

2

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

0

🟥

0

0

🥅

2

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

100

100

🔥

0

0

🟩

48

🟨

20

🟥

32

CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

135

135

🔥

2

2

🟩

55

🟨

31

🟥

49

RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

101

101

🔥

0

5

🟩

51

🟨

18

🟥

32

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

126

126

🔥

5

10

🟩

60

🟨

25

🟥

41

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

366

366

🔥

163

104

🟩

167

🟨

81

🟥

118

F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

86

86

🔥

25

12

🟩

46

🟨

13

🟥

27

F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

83

83

🔥

11

13

🟩

43

🟨

15

🟥

25

CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

119

119

🔥

77

26

🟩

55

🟨

25

🟥

39

CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

87

87

🔥

6

6

🟩

45

🟨

15

🟥

27

CF Frank O'Donnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

6

6

🔥

4

4

🟩

4

🟨

0

🟥

2

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Eric Houghton scores from the spot to make if three goals in five games and a fourth win in five following three consecutive top flight victories for the first time since November 1934.

  • Villa now have eight wins, three draws and eight defeats in nineteen division one games so far this season.

What they Said

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