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Game #1880

Aston Villa

17-6-8, 40 PTS

Wednesday, 9 March 1938

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Lost

3rd=

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Nottingham Forest

10-6-15, 26 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 22,596

🟥 9 Mar 1938, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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Nottingham Forest

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Assist(s) | Frank Broome | 82' |

🟥 9 Mar 1938, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 9 March 1938

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Nottingham Forest
🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest)
🥅 | Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest)
⚽ | 82' Goal, 1-2, George Hardy, Assist by Frank Broome
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Nottingham Forest

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

🟥 9 Mar 1938, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 9 March 1938
  • George Hardy scores on his final appearance for Villa as Jimmy Hogan's side lose consecutive League games for the first time this season.

  • Villa make it seventeen wins, six draws and eight defeats in thirty one division two games.

  • Villa drop to third in the table, their lowest place since December, as they now sit level on points with Manchester United, one point behind Coventry and three behind Sheffield United.

  • Up next are second placed Coventry at Highfield Road.

  • Midfielder George Hardy made his sixth and final appearance for Villa aged 25 before moving on to Blackburn Rovers in August 1938.

🟥 9 Mar 1938, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M George Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-38 🕒 6 | ✅ 6 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 - | #372 |

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

Aston Villa

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

Nottingham Forest

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1897-98

FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
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Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

League 🕒 46 | 🟩 27 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 98 | 🥅 54 |
FA Cup 🕒 7 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 9 |
Home 🕒 26 | 🟩 20 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 65 | 🥅 20 |

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

Nottingham Forest

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Nottingham Forest

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 9 Mar 1938, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #80 |
Wednesday, 9 March 1938

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🟥 9 Mar 1938, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-1939
Referee: E. W. Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Epsom, 1938-1952
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: E. W. Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Epsom, 1938-1952

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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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

🟥 9 Mar 1938, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

George Hardy replaces Jimmy Allen.

Referee

🟥 9 Mar 1938, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

MANAGER

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

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Aston Villa

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Bill Cobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔴 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M George Pritty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Frank Shell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Harold Wightman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

Ashton
Edgar
Munro
McCall
Graham
Pugh
Martin
Dyson
Burgin
Surtees
Betts

Line Ups

🟥 9 Mar 1938, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

🟥 9 Mar 1938, Villa 1-2 Forest, 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

🟥 9 Mar 1938, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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Injury | 5 |
Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W John Maund | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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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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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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MATCH VIDEO
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