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Game #1870

Aston Villa

14-5-6, 33 PTS

Thursday, 27 January 1938

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Lost

1st=

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Blackburn Rovers

8-7-10, 23 PTS

Ewood Park

Attendance: 11,919

🟥 27 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 Blackburn, Ewood

Blackburn Rovers

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 27 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 27 January 1938

🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
🚑 | Player retires from field of play with injury, (Blackburn Rovers), Bruton
❌ | Referee Wood incorrectly rules out a Frank Shell strike
🥅 | 80' Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Guest
🕒 | FT Blackburn 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

🟥 27 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 Blackburn, Ewood

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ON THIS DAY
Thursday, 27 January 1938
  • Jimmy Hogan's Villa side lose for the first time in nine games in all competitions as they suffer a surprise loss at Ewood Park.

  • Villa make it fourteen wins, five draws and six defeats in twenty five division two games.

  • Despite the defeat Villa remain joint 1st in the table and are once again level with Coventry and Sheffield United having wasted their game in hand.

🟥 27 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 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 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 Blackburn, Ewood

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #70 |
Thursday, 27 January 1938

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🟥 27 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-1939
Referee: Eddie Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield
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

🟥 27 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Eddie Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1925-

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 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 Blackburn, Ewood

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Bill Cobley and Frank Shell replace George Cummings and Andy Kerr.

Referee

🟥 27 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 Blackburn, Ewood

MANAGER

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

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Aston Villa

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Bill Cobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Frank Shell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Reg Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

Matier
Westby
Crook
Whiteside
Pryde
Halsall
Bruton
Butt
Mortimer
Smeaton
Guest

Line Ups

🟥 27 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 Blackburn, Ewood

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 27 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 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 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 Blackburn, Ewood

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟥 27 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 27 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 Blackburn, Ewood

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 4 |
Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W John Maund | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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🟥 27 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 27 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 27 Jan 1938, Villa 0-1 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH VIDEO
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