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 | #126 |
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, 1938-1939
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Jimmy Hogan | 🏴 | 1936-1939
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Sydney Clark | 🏴 | London, 1938-1939
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
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