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Game #1837

Aston Villa

16-12-8, 44 PTS

Saturday, 27 March 1937

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Won

4th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Blackburn Rovers

12-10-14, 34 PTS

Ewood Park

Attendance: 25,394

🟩 27 Mar 1937, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Ewood

Blackburn Rovers

3-4

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Freddie Haycock | 8' | Fred Biddlestone | 15' | John Maund | 19' | 62' |

🟩 27 Mar 1937, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 March 1937

⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Frank Broome, Assist by Freddie Haycock
⚽ | 15’ Goal, 2-0, Frank Broome, Assist by Fred Biddlestone
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 3-0, Eric Houghton, Assist by John Maund
🥅 | 29' Goal, 3-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Bruton
🥅 | 42' Goal, 3-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Smeaton
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Aston Villa
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 4-2, Frank Broome, Assist by John Maund
🥅 | 84' Goal, 4-3, (Blackburn Rovers), Sale
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 3-4 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

🟩 27 Mar 1937, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 27 March 1937
  • Frank Broome continued his outstanding scoring form as he hit his fifteenth goal in last eight as Villa extend their best run of the season to eight games unbeaten with seven wins.

  • Villa go joint 4th, 2 points off the promotion places with six games of 1936-37 left to play.

  • Villa extend their best run of the season to eight games unbeaten seven six wins to make it twelve wins in the last thirty second tier games and an overall record of sixteen wins, twelve draws and eight defeats in thirty six division two matches. 

🟩 27 Mar 1937, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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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

Blackburn Rovers

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1927–28

FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
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Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

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

🟩 27 Mar 1937, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Ewood

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1936-37 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #37 |
Saturday, 27 March 1937

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🟩 27 Mar 1937, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-1939
Referee: Harold Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1936-1950
HT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-3
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

🟩 27 Mar 1937, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Harold Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1936-1950

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

🟩 27 Mar 1937, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Jimmy Hogan names an unchanged line up.

Referee

🟩 27 Mar 1937, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Ewood

MANAGER

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

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Aston Villa

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
FB Bill Cobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W John Maund | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Reg Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

Hughes
Lanceley
Crook
Whiteside
Pryde
Wightman
Bruton
Butt
Sale
Smeaton
Guest

Line Ups

🟩 27 Mar 1937, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Ewood

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 27 Mar 1937, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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

🟩 27 Mar 1937, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Ewood

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 27 Mar 1937, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 27 Mar 1937, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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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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🟩 27 Mar 1937, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 27 Mar 1937, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 27 Mar 1937, Villa 4-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH VIDEO
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