Game #1926
Aston Villa
14-6-11, 34 PTS
Saturday, 4 March 1939


Won
6th
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Division One
Birmingham City
8-5-18, 21 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 40,874
🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
Aston Villa
5-1

Birmingham

Assist(s) | Frank Broome | 17' |
🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 4 March 1939
🟢 | 1' Debut, Joe Rutherford
⚽ | 17’ Goal, 1-0, Jackie Martin, Assist by Frank Broome
⚽ | 24’ Goal, 2-0, Eric Houghton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Birmingham
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 3-0, Jackie Martin
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 4-0, Jackie Martin
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 5-0, Eric Houghton
🥅 | 88' Goal, 5-1, (Birmingham), Dearson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Birmingham
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 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 4 March 1939
Jackie Martin scores Villa's first hat-trick of the season and Eric Houghton hits a brace as the team with three names are hammered at Villa Park.
Villa extend their unbeaten top flight run to six as they hammer the team with three names at Villa Park to record a fourth win in five and their tenth top flight victory in seventeen and make it fourteen wins, six draws and eleven defeats in thirty one division one games so far this season.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Joe Rutherford made his Villa debut aged 24 after joining from Southport in February 1939.
🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 | #389 | £2,500 signing from Southport
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Birmingham City


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1938-39 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #113 |
Saturday, 4 March 1939
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🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴 | Nelson, 1936-1939
Referee: Sydney Clark | 🏴 | London
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴 | 1936-1939
🕒 113 | 🟩 | 55 🟨 23 🟥 35 | 1.66
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Sydney Clark | 🏴 | London, 1938-
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Jimmy Hogan hands Joe Rutherford his debut in goal in place of Fred Biddlestone.
🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
MANAGER
Jimmy Hogan | 🏴 | 1936-1939

Aston Villa
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 | 🟢 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Bob Iverson | 🏴 |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴 |
CF Frank O’Donnell | 🏴 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
George Liddell | 🏴 |

Birmingham City
Clack
Trigg
Hughes
Dearson
Halsall
J. Shaw
Jennings
Craven
Jones
Harris
Brown
🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
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
🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
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UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

None
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS









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🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

