Game #1801

Aston Villa

Saturday, 29 August 1936

Won

DDLLW

Division Two

Swansea City

Vetch Field

Attendance: 25,189

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

Swansea Town

1-2

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | Frank Broome | Frank Broome |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

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

MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 29 August 1936

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 29 August 1936

Villa open their first ever season in the second tier with Jimmy McMullan still in charge despite relegation in 1935-36 as they open the campaign with a win. Meanwhile, 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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟥 25 Apr 1936, Villa 2-4 Blackburn, Villa Park

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 2 Sep 1936, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

Aston Villa

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

Swansea City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Swansea City

All the matches

Previous 5 vs. Swansea: 🟩 🟩

Swansea City

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟩 31 Jan 1925, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

Swansea City

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 26 Dec 1936, Villa 4-0 Swansea, Villa Park

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1936-37 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #87 |
Saturday, 29 August 1936

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

MATCH SUMMARY

Scorers

Timeline

On This Day

Trophies

Matches

Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1934-1936

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 87 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 22 🟥 37 | 1.22

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1934-1936

Full Managerial Performance Statistics

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

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

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

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

Referee

Manager

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

MANAGER

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1934-1936

Aston Villa

MANAGER

Neil Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Swansea City

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

	Game	Start	Goal	Assist	Win	Draw	Loss	Goal Conceded	Clean Sheet	Yellow	Red
GK Fred Biddlestone \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

	Game	Sub	Goal	Assist	Win	Draw	Loss	Goal Conceded	Clean Sheet	Yellow	Red

UNUSED

	Unused

Squad Bios

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

SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Reported

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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MATCH VIDEO

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