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Game #1808

Aston Villa

4-2-2, 10 PTS

Saturday, 26 September 1936

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Lost

3rd=

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Doncaster Rovers

2-1-4, 5 PTS

Belle Vue

Attendance: 23,426

🟥 26 Sep 1936, Villa 0-1 Doncaster, Belle Vue

Doncaster Rovers

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 26 Sep 1936, Villa 0-1 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 September 1936

🕒 | HT Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 66' Goal, 0-1, (Doncaster Rovers), Gladwin
🕒 | FT Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Aston Villa

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

🟥 26 Sep 1936, Villa 0-1 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 26 September 1936
  • Villa fail to score and are beaten for the second successive game following their six game unbeaten run at the start of their first season in the second tier.

  • Villa face Doncaster Rovers for the first time in competitive football, Rovers become the 80th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • The only goal of the game comes from a Fred Biddlestone error who misjudges the flight of a harmless shot that settles in the back of the net.

  • Villa fall to 

🟥 26 Sep 1936, Villa 0-1 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Doncaster Rovers

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Doncaster Rovers
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Previous 5 vs. Doncaster: None

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

Doncaster Rovers

PREVIOUS MATCH
None
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Doncaster Rovers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 26 Sep 1936, Villa 0-1 Doncaster, Belle Vue

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1936-37 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #8 |
Saturday, 26 September 1936

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🟥 26 Sep 1936, Villa 0-1 Doncaster, Belle Vue

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-1939
Referee: Robert Warburton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
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

🟥 26 Sep 1936, Villa 0-1 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Robert Warburton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1930-

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

🟥 26 Sep 1936, Villa 0-1 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Jimmy McMullan names the same line up for the sixth consecutive game.

Referee

🟥 26 Sep 1936, Villa 0-1 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Gordon Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Fred Emery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Doncaster Rovers

Bradshaw R.
Shaw
Rodgers
Gladwin
Bycroft
Dodsworth
Burton
Malam
Baines
Smith
Johnston

Line Ups

🟥 26 Sep 1936, Villa 0-1 Doncaster, Belle Vue

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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Substitutes

🟥 26 Sep 1936, Villa 0-1 Doncaster, Belle Vue

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

🟥 26 Sep 1936, Villa 0-1 Doncaster, Belle Vue

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 26 Sep 1936, Villa 0-1 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 26 Sep 1936, Villa 0-1 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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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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