Game #1809
Aston Villa
Saturday, 3 October 1936
Drew
WWLLD
Division Two
Coventry City
Villa Park
Attendance: 63,686
🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-0
Coventry City
Assist(s) | None
🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 3 October 1936
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 3 October 1936
Villa face Coventry City for the first time in competitive football, Cov become the 81st team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Villa fail to score for the third successive game but stop a run of consecutive defeats as they are held at home in their first ever game against Coventry. Meanwhile, full back Bill Cobley, midfielder George Hardy and forward Jackie Martin made their Villa debuts aged 26, 24 and 22 after joining from Nuneaton Town in February 1934 and Hednesford Town in January 1935 respectively.
🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Coventry City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Aston Villa
Coventry City
🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1936-37 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #95 |
Saturday, 3 October 1936
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🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Jimmy McMullan |
FT Score | 0-0 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | WWLLD |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Jimmy McMullan | 🏴 | 1934-1936
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 95 | 🟩 | 31 🟨 25 🟥 39 | 1.24
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Jimmy McMullan makes five changes after successive defeats including three debuts as Andy Kerr, Bill Cobley (debut), George Hardy (debut), Jimmy Allen and Jackie Martin (debut) replace George Beeson, George Cummings, Tommy Gardner, Gordon Hodgson and Ronnie Dix.
🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MANAGER
Jimmy McMullan | 🏴 | 1934-1936
Aston Villa
GK Fred Biddlestone |
FB Bill Cobley |
CB Jimmy Allen |
M George Hardy |
M Alex Massie |
M Tom Griffiths |
W Eric Houghton |
W Andy Kerr |
CF Frank Broome |
F Dai Astley |
F Jackie Martin |
MANAGER
Coventry City
🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park
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
🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟨 3 Oct 1936, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park