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Game #1801

Aston Villa

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Saturday, 29 August 1936

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Won

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division Two

Swansea City

0-0-1, 0 PTS

Vetch Field

Attendance: 25,189

🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

Swansea Town

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 14' | Gordon Hodgson | 48' |

🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 29 August 1936

⚽ | 14' Goal, 1-0, Frank Broome, Assist by Eric Houghton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Swansea Town
⚽ | 48' Goal, 2-0, Frank Broome, Assist by Gordon Hodgson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Swansea Town

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 29 August 1936
  • Frank Broome scores a brace in Villa's first ever season in the second tier of English football as they open the campaign with a win.

  • Jimmy Hogan takes charge of Villa for the first time since his appointment earlier this month to replace Jimmy McMullan who had relegated Villa in 1935-36. 

  • The well travelled Hogan had significantly more experience than his predecessor having managed ten clubs at home and abroad as well as leading the Dutch and Swiss national teams and leading the Austrians in the 1936 Berlin Olympics from where he took charge of Villa.

  • Winger Andy Kerr made his Villa debut aged 19 after joining from Medomsley Juniors in July 1936.

🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 W Andy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #370 | Youth team promotion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Swansea City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Swansea City
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Previous 5 vs. Swansea: 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1936-37 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 29 August 1936

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🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-1939
Referee: Jim Wiltshire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Dorset, 1935-1947
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Villa Career Form:

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jim Wiltshire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Dorset, 1935-1947

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Jimmy McMullan hands Andy Kerr his debut on the opening day.

Referee

🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

MANAGER

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

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Aston Villa

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Andy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Gordon Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Neil Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Swansea City

Moore
Lawrence
Emanuel
Warner
Leyland
Lloyd
Lewis
Williams
Henson
Bussey
Caldwell

Line Ups

🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
W Charlie Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Reported

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 29 Aug 1936, Villa 2-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH VIDEO
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