Game #1926
Aston Villa
14-6-11, 34 PTS

Saturday, 4 March 1939
6th
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ
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 |
Jimmy Hogan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 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: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
None
Team News
Jimmy Hogan hands Joe Rutherford his debut in goal in place of Fred Biddlestone.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
๐ข GK Joe Rutherford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #389 | ยฃ2,500 signing from Southport
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
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.
Starting XI

Won
5-1
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' |
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
Season | 1938-39 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #126 |
Saturday, 4 March 1939
Match Record
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
Officials
Referee: Sydney Clark | ๐ด ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | London, 1938-1939
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
Head to Head
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 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Jimmy Hogan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1936-1939
Villa Career Form:
What they Said
Division One
Birmingham City
8-5-18, 21 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 40,874
Clack
Trigg
Hughes
Dearson
Halsall
J. Shaw
Jennings
Craven
Jones
Harris
Brown
George Liddell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1938-39
Playing Squad




























