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Game #1861

Aston Villa

9-4-5, 22 PTS

Saturday, 4 December 1937

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Lost

3rd=

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Tottenham Hotspur

8-3-7, 19 PTS

White Hart Lane

Attendance: 37,238

🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

Tottenham Hotspur

2-1

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Aston Villa

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🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 4 December 1937

🥅 | 15' Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Morrison
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 55' Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Hall
⚽ | 85' Goal, 1-2, Billy Walker
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 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

🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 4 December 1937
  • Eric Houghton hits his sixth of the season but Villa lose for the second time in three games as they are genuinely outplayed for the first time in 1937-38.

  • Villa lose for the second time in three games to make it nine wins, four draws and five defeats in eighteen division two games under Jimmy Hogan. 

  • Villa drop to joint third alongside Chesterfield, two points behind leaders Coventry and Sheffield United.

  • Despite his man of the match performance, centre back Jeff Barker made his third and final appearance for Villa aged 22 before moving on to Huddersfield Town in November 1945.

🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1937 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 - | #384 |

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

Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1920-21

FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
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Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

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

Tottenham Hotspur

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Tottenham Hotspur

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #61 |
Saturday, 4 December 1937

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🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-39
Referee: R. V. Pegg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Histon, 1937-1938
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
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

🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: R. V. Pegg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Histon, 1937-1938

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

🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Jimmy Hogan names an unchanged line up.

Referee

🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MANAGER

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

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Aston Villa

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jack Tresadern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

Hooper
Ward
Whatley
Howe
Page
Grice
Sargent
G. W. J. Hall | ⚽ |
A. H. Morrison | ⚽ |
Gibbons
Lymon

Line Ups

🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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

🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 2 |
Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W John Maund | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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MATCH VIDEO
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