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Game #1926

Aston Villa

14-6-11, 34 PTS

Saturday, 4 March 1939

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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

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Birmingham

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

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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

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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

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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

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
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Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

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

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

FIXTURE DETAILS
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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
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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: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Sydney Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1938-1939

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

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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Jimmy Hogan hands Joe Rutherford his debut in goal in place of Fred Biddlestone.

Referee

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

MANAGER

Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

Clack
Trigg
Hughes
Dearson
Halsall
J. Shaw
Jennings
Craven
Jones
Harris
Brown

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 4 Mar 1939, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, 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

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

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

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

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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MATCH VIDEO
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