Game #1916
Aston Villa

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

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
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

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
Match Stats
Not recorded
Jimmy Hogan | 🏴 | 1936-1939
Villa Career Form:
FA Cup
Ipswich Town

Villa Park
Attendance: 34,910
Burns
Dale
Parry
Hutcheson
Bell
McLuckie
Mulraney
Little
Chadwick
Davies
Fletcher
Scott Duncan | 🏴 |

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
Starting XI
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