Aston Villa
14-6-11, 34 PTS
Saturday, 4 March 1939
1938-39
6th
Won
5-1
Birmingham City
8-5-18, 21 PTS
Division One
Villa Park
Attendance: 40,874
๐ฉ 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Jackie Martin | 17' | 71' | 74' | Eric Houghton | 24' | 82' |
Assist(s) | Frank Broome | 17' |
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On This Day
Saturday, 4 March 1939
Jackie Martin scores Villa's first hat-trick of the season and Eric Houghton hits a brace as the team with three names are hammered at Villa Park.
Villa extend their unbeaten top flight run to six as they hammer the team with three names at Villa Park to record a fourth win in five and their tenth top flight victory in seventeen and make it fourteen wins, six draws and eleven defeats in thirty one division one games so far this season.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Joe Rutherford made his Villa debut aged 24 after joining from Southport in February 1939.
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ
Jimmy Hogan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1936-1939
Villa Career Form:
Game #1926
Match Record
Season | 1938-39 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #126 |
Saturday, 4 March 1939
Game Record
Manager: Jimmy Hogan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Nelson, 1936-1939
Referee: Sydney Clark | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | London, 1938-1939
HT Score: ๐ฉ 2-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 5-1
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ
Head to Head
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
Total ๐ 51 | ๐ฉ 22 | ๐จ 16 | ๐ฅ 13 | โฝ 93 | ๐ฅ
67 |
League ๐ 48 | ๐ฉ 20 | ๐จ 15 | ๐ฅ 13 | โฝ 88 | ๐ฅ
67 |
FA Cup ๐ 3 | ๐ฉ 2 | ๐จ 1 | ๐ฅ 0 | โฝ 5 | ๐ฅ
0 |
Home ๐ 25 | ๐ฉ 14 | ๐จ 8 | ๐ฅ 3 | โฝ 52 | ๐ฅ
31 |
Away ๐ 26 | ๐ฉ 8 | ๐จ 8 | ๐ฅ 10 | โฝ 41 | ๐ฅ
36 |
Trophy Cabinet
Aston Villa
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Birmingham City
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Squad News
Debut Appearances
๐ข GK Joe Rutherford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #389 | ยฃ2,500 signing from Southport
Final Appearances
None
Match Timeline
๐ข | 1' Debut, Joe Rutherford
โฝ | 17โ Goal, 1-0, Jackie Martin, Assist by Frank Broome
โฝ | 24โ Goal, 2-0, Eric Houghton
๐ | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Birmingham
โฝ | 71โ Goal, 3-0, Jackie Martin
โฝ | 74โ Goal, 4-0, Jackie Martin
โฝ | 82โ Goal, 5-0, Eric Houghton
๐ฅ
| 88' Goal, 5-1, (Birmingham), Dearson
๐ | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Birmingham
Officials
Referee: Sydney Clark | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | London, 1938-1939
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Match Stats
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Line Up & Subs
Aston Villa
Jimmy Hogan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1936-1939
GK Joe Rutherford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ข |
FB George Cummings | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
RB Ernie Callaghan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Allen | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Alex Massie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
W Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ |
F Jackie Martin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ | โฝ |
F Bob Iverson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Freddie Haycock | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Frank OโDonnell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CF Frank Broome | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
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No Substitutions permitted in period
Birmingham City
George Liddell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Clack
Trigg
Hughes
Dearson
Halsall
J. Shaw
Jennings
Craven
Jones
Harris
Brown
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Team News
Aston Villa
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Jimmy Hogan hands Joe Rutherford his debut in goal in place of Fred Biddlestone.
Birmingham City
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