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Game #1920

Aston Villa

10-4-11, 24 PTS

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Saturday, 28 January 1939

14th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
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

Injury | 1 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Frank O'Donnell replaces Frank Shell.

Team Stats

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

1-3

🟥 28 Jan 1939, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Frank O’Donnell | 51' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Lewis
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal
⚽ | 51' Goal, 1-1, Frank O'Donnell (pen)
🥅 | 80' Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Lewis
🥅 | 89' Goal, 0-3, (Arsenal), Kirchen
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-3 Arsenal

Season | 1938-39 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #120 |
Saturday, 28 January 1939

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-1939
Referee: George Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottingham, 1939
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: George Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottingham, 1939

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 61 | 🟩 W29 (48% ) | 🟨 D11 | 🇺(66% ) | 🟥 L21 (34% ) | ⚽ 115 | 🥅 94 | GD 21

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Villa Career Form:

Division One

Arsenal

9-8-8, 26 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 57,453

Wilson
Male
Hapgood
Crayston
B. Joy
Copping
Drake
Drury
Lewis
B. Jones
Kitchen

George Allison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1937-38

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

154

154

🔥

0

1

🟩

73

🟨

30

🟥

51

33

🥅

246

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

109

109

🔥

0

0

🟩

51

🟨

22

🟥

36

CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

144

144

🔥

3

2

🟩

58

🟨

33

🟥

53

RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

110

110

🔥

0

5

🟩

54

🟨

20

🟥

36

M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

135

135

🔥

5

10

🟩

63

🟨

27

🟥

45

W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

375

375

🔥

167

105

🟩

170

🟨

83

🟥

122

F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

95

95

🔥

29

13

🟩

49

🟨

15

🟥

31

F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

92

92

🔥

11

13

🟩

46

🟨

17

🟥

29

CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

128

128

🔥

80

26

🟩

58

🟨

27

🟥

43

CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

96

96

🔥

6

6

🟩

48

🟨

17

🟥

31

CF Frank O'Donnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

14

14

🔥

6

5

🟩

7

🟨

2

🟥

5

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Frank O'Donnell scores from the spot in the second half to hand Villa a deserved equaliser but two late goals from Arsenal mean Jimmy Hogan's Villa lose for the fourth time in eleven top flight matches.

  • Villa lose for the for the fourth time in eleven top flight games to make it ten wins, four draws and eleven defeats in twenty five division one games so far this season.

What they Said

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