Game #1881

Aston Villa

Saturday, 12 March 1938

Won

WLWLW

Division Two

Coventry City

Highfield Road

Attendance: 44,930

🟩 12 Mar 1938, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road

Coventry City

0-1

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | Ronnie Starling |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

🟩 12 Mar 1938, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road

MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 12 March 1938

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 12 Mar 1938, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 12 March 1938

Villa recover from successive defeats to beat Coventry and make it eighteen wins, six draws and eight defeats in thirty two division two games. Meanwhile, midfielder George Pritty made his four and final appearance for Villa aged 24 before moving on to Nottingham Forest in December 1938.

🟩 12 Mar 1938, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

PREVIOUS MATCH

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

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 19 Mar 1938, Villa 2-1 Bury, Villa Park

Aston Villa

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

Coventry City

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Coventry City

All the matches

Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟨 🟥 🟨

Coventry City

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟨 30 Oct 1937, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

Coventry City

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

🟩 12 Mar 1938, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #68 |
Saturday, 12 March 1938

🟩 12 Mar 1938, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road

MATCH SUMMARY

Scorers

Timeline

On This Day

Trophies

Matches

Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 68 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 15 🟥 20 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟩 12 Mar 1938, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road

MATCH OFFICIALS

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Full Managerial Performance Statistics

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟩 12 Mar 1938, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Bob Iverson replaces George Hardy.

Referee

Manager

🟩 12 Mar 1938, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road

MANAGER

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

Aston Villa

MANAGER

Harry Storer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Coventry City

Line Ups

🟩 12 Mar 1938, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

🟩 12 Mar 1938, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

	Game	Start	Goal	Assist	Win	Draw	Loss	Goal Conceded	Clean Sheet	Yellow	Red
GK Fred Biddlestone \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

FB Bill Cobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

	Game	Sub	Goal	Assist	Win	Draw	Loss	Goal Conceded	Clean Sheet	Yellow	Red

UNUSED

	Unused

Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Tables & Programmes

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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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