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1937-38

Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Assist(s)
Position
Villa Cards
Player 1
Player 2
Player 3
Player 4
Player 5
Player 6
Player 7
Player 8
Player 9
Player 10
Player 11
Sub 1
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Sub 3
Sub 4
Sub 5
Unused 1
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p1 Start
p1 App
p1 L
p1 GC
s1 App
s1 Sub
s1 D
s1 GC
s1 L
p1 W
p1 cs
s1 W
s1 CS
s2 App
s2 Sub
s2 W
s2 D
s2 L
s2 GC
s2 CS
p1 D
p1 Gls
p1 Ast
p2 App
p2 Start
p2 Gl
p2 Ast
p2 W
p2 D
p2 L
s1 Gl
s1 Ast
s2 Gl
s2 Ast
s4 Sub
s4 App
s4 Gl
s4 Ast
s4 W
s4 D
s4 L
s4 GC
s4 CS
s2 Bk
s1 Bk
Sub Sub
p5 St
p5 Gl
p5 Ast
p5 W
p5 D
p5 L
p5 GC
p5 CS
p5 Bk
p5 So
s3 Sub
s3 App
s3 Gl
s3 Ast
s3 W
s3 D
s3 L
s3 GC
s3 CS
s3 Bk
s3 So
p2 Bk
p2 So
s5 Sub
s5 App
s5 Gl
s5 Ast
s5 W
s5 D
s5 L
s5 GC
s5 CS
s5 Bk
s5 So
p2 GC
p2 CS
p1 Bk
p1 So
s1 So
s2 So
s4 Bk
s4 So
p3 App
p3 Start
p3 Gl
p3 Ast
p3 D
p3 W
p3 L
p3 CS
p3 GC
p3 Bk
p3 So
p4 App
p4 St
p4 Gl
p4 Ast
p4 W
p4 D
p4 L
p4 GC
p4 CS
p4 Bk
p4 So
p6 App
p6 St
p6 Gl
p6 Ast
p6 W
p6 D
p6 L
p6 GC
p6 CS
p6 Bk
p6 So
p7 App
p7 St
p7 Gl
p7 Ast
p7 W
p7 D
p7 L
p7 GC
p7 CS
p7 Bk
p7 So
p8 App
p8 St
p8 Gl
p8 Ast
p8 W
p8 D
p8 L
p8 GC
p8 CS
p8 Bk
p8 So
p11 App
p11 St
p11 Gl
p11 Ast
p11 W
p11 D
p11 L
p11 GC
p11 CS
p11 Bk
p11 So
p10 App
p10 St
p10 Gl
p10 Ast
p10 W
p10 D
p10 L
p10 GC
p10 CS
p10 Bk
p10 So
p9 App
p9 St
p9 Gl
p9 Ast
p9 W
p9 D
p9 L
p9 GC
p9 CS
p9 Bk
p9 So
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p5 Ap
🟩 28 Aug 1937, Villa 2-0 West Ham, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Freddie Haycock | John Maund |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟥 1 Sep 1937, Villa 2-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road
Scorer(s) | Alex Massie | John Maund |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟨 4 Sep 1937, Villa 0-0 Southampton, The Dell
Scorer(s) | None |
Assist(s) | None
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 6 Sep 1937, Villa 4-1 Luton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Charlie Phillips | Charlie Phillips | Frank Broome | Frank Broome |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Freddie Haycock | John Maund |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟥 16 Sep 1937, Villa 0-1 Norwich, Carrow Road
Scorer(s) | None |
Assist(s) | None
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 18 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough
Scorer(s) | Freddie Haycock | Bob Iverson |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 25 Sep 1937, Villa 2-0 Fulham, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Freddie Haycock | Frank Broome |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 2 Oct 1937, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Home Park
Scorer(s) | Frank Broome | Frank Broome | Eric Houghton |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟥 9 Oct 1937, Villa 0-2 Chesterfield, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None |
Assist(s) | None
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 16 Oct 1937, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | Eric Houghton |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 23 Oct 1937, Villa 2-0 Forest, City Ground
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | Frank Broome |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟨 30 Oct 1937, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Bill Cobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟨 6 Nov 1937, Villa 1-1 Bury, Gigg Lane
Scorer(s) | Freddie Haycock |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟨 13 Nov 1937, Villa 0-0 Burnley, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None |
Assist(s) | None
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟥 20 Nov 1937, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford
Scorer(s) | Bob Iverson |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 27 Nov 1937, Villa 1-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Tommy Clayton |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 85' |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
3rd
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 11 Dec 1937, Villa 7-1 Stockport, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Frank Shell | 3' | 35' | 80' | Eric Houghton | 38' | Freddie Haycock | 42' | Frank Broome | 60' | 62' |
Assist(s) | Ronnie Starling | 3' | Bob Iverson | 35' | Frank Shell | 62' |
3rd
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 18 Dec 1937, Villa 1-0 Barnsley, Oakwell
Scorer(s) | Frank Shell | 17' |
Assist(s) | None
3rd
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 27 Dec 1937, Villa 2-1 BPA, Park Avenue
Scorer(s) | Frank Shell | 47' | Freddie Haycock | 89' |
Assist(s) | Frank Broome | 47' | 89' |
3rd
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 28 Dec 1937, Villa 3-0 Barnsley, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Alex Massie | 40' | Frank Broome | 49' | 67' |
Assist(s) | Frank Shell | 40' | 67' | Ronnie Startling | 49' |
2nd
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟨 1 Jan 1938, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Upton Park
Scorer(s) | Own Goal | 67' |
Assist(s) | None
1st=
None
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 8 Jan 1938, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Carrow Road
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 21' | Freddie Haycock | 37' | Bob Iverson | 48' |
Assist(s) | Ronnie Starling | 21' | Frank Broome | 37' |
3rd Round
None
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 15 Jan 1938, Villa 3-0 Southampton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Freddie Haycock | 25' | 80' | Eric Houghton | 88' |
Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 25' |
1st=
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 22 Jan 1938, Villa 4-0 Blackpool, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 17' | Frank Broome | 50' | Ronnie Starling | 74' | Frank Shell | 86' |
Assist(s) | Frank Shell | 50' | Frank Broome | 74' |
4th Round
None
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟥 27 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 Blackburn, Ewood
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
1st=
None
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Bill Cobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟩 29 Jan 1938, Villa 4-3 Wednesday, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Ronnie Starling | 24' | 25' | Eric Houghton | 46' | Frank Broome | 85' |
Assist(s) | Frank Shell | 85' |
1st=
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Bill Cobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟨 5 Feb 1938, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 40' |
Assist(s) | Frank Broome | 40' |
2nd
None
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟨 12 Feb 1938, Villa 1-1 Charlton, The Valley
Scorer(s) | Frank Shell | 28' |
Assist(s) | Ronnie Starling | 28' |
5th Round
None
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟨 16 Feb 1938, Villa 2-2 Charlton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Frank Broome | 76' | Frank Shell | 82' |
Assist(s) | Bob Iverson | 76' | Frank Broome | 82' |
5th Round
None
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 19 Feb 1938, Villa 1-0 Chesterfield, Saltergate
Scorer(s) | Frank Broome | 89' |
Assist(s) | Alex Massie | 89' |
2nd
None
GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Bill Cobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟩 21 Feb 1938, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Highbury
Scorer(s) | Frank Broome | 1-1 | 83' | 89' | Freddie Haycock | 80' |
Assist(s) | Alex Massie | 80' | Freddie Haycock | 80' |
5th Round
None
GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 23 Feb 1938, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Frank Broome | 1-0 | John Maund | 2-0 | Freddie Haycock | 3-0 |
Assist(s) | John Maund | 1-0 | Frank Broome | 2-0 |
1st=
None
GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟥 26 Feb 1938, Villa 0-2 Newcastle, St James'
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
2nd
None
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 5 Mar 1938, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Frank Broome | 57' | Freddie Haycock | 72' | Frank Shell | 85' |
Assist(s) | Ronnie Starling | 57' | Eric Houghton | 72' | Frank Shell | 85' |
Quarter Final
None
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Bill Cobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟥 9 Mar 1938, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | George Hardy | 82' |
Assist(s) | Frank Broome | 82' |
3rd=
None
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Bill Cobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟩 12 Mar 1938, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
Scorer(s) | Ronnie Starling |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Bill Cobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟩 19 Mar 1938, Villa 2-1 Bury, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Freddie Haycock | Frank Broome |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟥 26 Mar 1938, Villa 1-2 Preston, Bramall Lane
Scorer(s) | Frank Shell |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
Semi Final
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 2 Apr 1938, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton (pen) | Frank Broome | John Maund |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟥 5 Apr 1938, Villa 0-3 Burnley, Turf Moor
Scorer(s) | None |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟨 9 Apr 1938, Villa 0-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
Scorer(s) | None |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 16 Apr 1938, Villa 2-0 Spurs, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Frank Broome | Frank Broome |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟥 18 Apr 1938, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Vetch Field
Scorer(s) | Ronnie Starling |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 19 Apr 1938, Villa 4-0 Swansea, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Bob Iverson | Frank Shell | Frank Shell | Eric Houghton |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 23 Apr 1938, Villa 3-1 Stockport, Edgeley Park
Scorer(s) | Freddie Haycock | Frank Broome | Frank Broome |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 27 Apr 1938, Villa 2-0 BPA, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Freddie Haycock | Frank Broome |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🟩 7 May 1938, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Frank Shell | Freddie Haycock |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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