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Manager #3

Seasons:

1934-36

Games Managed:

99

Points per Game:

1.24

Win Rate:

32.32%

Jimmy McMullan

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From:

Saturday, 25 August 1934

To:

Saturday, 31 October 1936

Seasons:

3

Jimmy McMullan

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Seasons

1934-35
1935-36
1936-37

Age*

39
40
41

Division

D1
D1
D2

Position

13th
21st
9th

Games

99
43
43
13

Won

32
14
13
5

Drew

27
13
9
5

Lost

40
16
21
3

Win %

32%
38%
30%
38%

Lost %

40%
23%
49%
23%

Unbeaten %

60%
77%
51%
77%

Goals For

181
75
81
25

Goals Vs.

223
91
111
21

Goal diff

-42
-16
-30
4

Goals / game

1.83
1.74
1.88
1.92

Conc / game

2.25
2.12
2.58
1.62

Clean sheets

11.11%
13.95%
6.98%
15.38%

Points / game

1.24
1.28
1.12
1.54

*Age on opening day of the season

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Jimmy McMullan

Full Name

James McMullan

Birth Date

26 March 1895

Birth Place

Denny, Falkirk, Stirlingshire

Birth Country

Scotland

Joined Club

August 1934

Appointed Manager

August 1934

Joined From

Oldham Athletic

Aged

39

In

August 1934

Succeeded

Billy Smith led Management Committee

Left Position

October 1936

Aged

42

Due to

Poor form, Sacked

Succeeded by

Jimmy Hogan

Key Players

1926-36 Billy Kingdon |
1926-36 Jimmy Gibson |
1927-36 Joe Beresford |
1927-36 Pongo Waring |
1929-35 George Brown |
1929-47 Eric Houghton |
1931-37 Dai Astley |
1931-36 Danny Blair |
1931-37 Harry Morton |
1932-47 Ernie Callaghan |
1935-49 George Cummings |
1935-46 Alex Massie |

Supported by

1934-35 Harry Cooch |
1934-37 Hubert Bourne |

Served under

1934-36
Chairman, J. E. Jones
Club Secretary, Fred Archer

1936-37
Chairman, Fred Normansell
Club Secretary, Fred Archer

Died

28 November 1964, aged 69.

Previous Clubs Managed

1921-23 Maidstone United, Non-League, Player Manager
1933-34 Oldham Athletic, Player Manager

Trophies Won

Villa Management Career

Games

99

Win Rate

32.32%

Loss Rate

40.40%

Unbeaten Rate

59.60%

Points per game

1.24

Honours

Managed the Villa

Runners Up

Villa Managerial Debut

25 August 1934, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrew’s

Final Villa Managerial Game

31 October 1936, Villa 1-5 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

League finishes

1934-35 | 13th Division One |
1935-36 | 21st Division One | Relegated |
1936-37 | 9th Division Two | (Part Season) |

FA Cup finishes

1934-35 | 3rd Round |
1935-36 | 3rd Round |

League Cup finishes

n/a

European finishes

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

1936-37 Notts County, Manager
1937-42 Sheffield Wednesday, Manager

Trophies Won

Jimmy McMullan

Manager #3 for Aston Villa, James McMullan, known as Jimmy McMullan was appointed as Villa's first formal manager following the restructuring of the club in the close season preceding the 1934-35 season. McMullan 'managed' Villa between 1934-35 and 1936-37 taking charge of 99 games.

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