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Game #1848

Aston Villa

3-1-1, 7 PTS

Saturday, 11 September 1937

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Won

3rd=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Blackburn Rovers

2-1-2, 5 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 44,008

🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Blackburn Rovers

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🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 11 September 1937

🆘 | Referee Boardman runs the length of the pitch to check the positioning of the ball for Fred Biddlestone's goal kick. Boardman moves the ball by an inch.
🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Bob Iverson og
⚽ | 13' Goal, 1-1, Freddie Haycock
⚽ | 28' Goal, 2-1, John Maund, Assist by Frank Broome
🆘 | Referee Boardman misses Bob Iverson picking up the ball with both hands before passing it to a team-mate
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
🆘 | Referee Boardman allows successive Blackburn attacks to proceed despite being clearly offside
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

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

🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 11 September 1937
  • Villa make it successive wins for the first time this season and the first time since March as they beat Blackburn at Villa Park.

  • John Maund scores for the third time in five as Villa move joint third in the table but are still two points behind early leaders Chesterfield after five games.

🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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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 🥅

🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #48 |
Saturday, 11 September 1937

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🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-39
Referee: Stan Boardman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hale, 1932-1947
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

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Timeline
On This Day
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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

🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Stan Boardman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hale, 1932-1947

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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None

🆘 An odd performance from the Hale official, almost as if he was distracted from the first to last, consistenly missed the obvious having made one of the most preposterous interventions to an early goal kick.

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

🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Jimmy Hogan names the same line up for the fifth consecutive game.

Referee

🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

MANAGER

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

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Aston Villa

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W John Maund | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Charlie Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Reg Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

Barron
Lanceley
Crook
Calladine
Pryde
Wightman
Bruton
Butt
Sale
Smeaton
Guest

Line Ups

🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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

🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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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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🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 11 Sep 1937, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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