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Game #1916

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 7 January 1939

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF 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

Fred Biddlestone replaces Alan Wakeman.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Drew

1-1

🟨 7 Jan 1939, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Jimmy Allen | 83' |

Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 83' |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Ipswich Town
⚽ | 83' Goal, 1-0, Jimmy Allen, Assist by Eric Houghton
🥅 | 88' Goal, 1-1, (Ipswich Town), Hutcheson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Ipswich Town

Season | 1938-39 |
Matchday | #24 |
Manager Game | #116 |
Saturday, 7 January 1939

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-1939
Referee: S. Hadley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1939
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

Officials

Referee: S. Hadley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1939

Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: None

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 1 | 🟩 W0 (0% ) | 🟨 D1 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 1 | GD 0

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Villa Career Form:

FA Cup

Ipswich Town

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Villa Park

Attendance: 34,910

Burns
Dale
Parry
Hutcheson
Bell
McLuckie
Mulraney
Little
Chadwick
Davies
Fletcher

Scott Duncan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

150

150

🔥

0

1

🟩

71

🟨

30

🟥

49

33

🥅

239

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

105

105

🔥

0

0

🟩

49

🟨

22

🟥

34

CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

140

140

🔥

3

2

🟩

56

🟨

33

🟥

51

RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

106

106

🔥

0

5

🟩

52

🟨

20

🟥

34

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

131

131

🔥

5

10

🟩

61

🟨

27

🟥

43

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

371

371

🔥

165

105

🟩

168

🟨

83

🟥

120

F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

91

91

🔥

26

13

🟩

47

🟨

15

🟥

29

F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

88

88

🔥

11

13

🟩

44

🟨

17

🟥

27

CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

124

124

🔥

80

26

🟩

56

🟨

27

🟥

41

CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

92

92

🔥

6

6

🟩

46

🟨

17

🟥

29

CF Frank O'Donnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

11

11

🔥

5

4

🟩

5

🟨

2

🟥

4

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa face Ipswich Town for the first time in competitive football, Ipswich become the 84th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Jimmy Allen scores but Villa are held by third division side Ipswich in the third round of the FA Cup.

  • Even though it's the first meeting Ipswich do what they so often do over the following decades as a palapably poorer side get a result against Villa.

What they Said

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