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GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Goalkeeper

1937-38 🕒 4 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #382 |

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GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Personal Profile

Full Name
Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
William James Carey
21 September 1913
Prestwich, Greater Manchester
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal
Transfer In

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Transfer In

Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1935-36
May 1936
22
Free
Sedgley Park
Jimmy Hogan
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Career

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Villa Career

Seasons Active | In Fee
Active in League
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
🟩 Won | 🟨 Drew | 🟥 Lost |
Cards 🟨 Booking | 🟥 Sending Off |
Goalkeepers Only 🥅 Goals Conceded | ⛔ Clean Sheets |

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1937-38 | Free |
Football League Second Division |
🕒 4 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #382 |

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Played Under

Jimmy Hogan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Career Summary

Seasons
Appearances 🕒
Starts 🕒
Substitute 🔁
Unused Sub 🇺
Points per Game (PPG)
1
4
4
0
0
🟩 Won
🟩 Win %
🟨 Drew
🟨 Drawn %
🟥 Lost
🟥 Loss %
Goals ⚽
Assists 🔥
Yellow Cards 🟨
Red Cards 🟥
0
-
-
-
Goal Involvements (GI)
Games per Goal (GPG)
Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
0
Seasons

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Season by Season Record

Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1937-38
23
D2
4
4
0
0
-
0
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🇺
🔥
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #
Goals Conceded 🥅
Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)
Clean Sheets ⛔
% Clean Sheets ⛔ %
46
1
0.25
3
75%

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
1937-38
23
D2
4
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

-1936 Sedgley Park

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Debut

Squad From Season
First Squad Match
First Squad Under
1937-38
16 October 1937
Jimmy Hogan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Promoted to First Team Under
Promoted to First Team Date
Jimmy Hogan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
16 October 1937
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Debut Season
Debut Date
Debut Age
Debut Under
1937-38
16 October 1937
24
Jimmy Hogan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Debut

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

First Goal Date

Game #
Match
Scorer(s)

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Loans Out

None

Final

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Final Appearance

Final Season
Final Game
Final Age
Final Game Under
1937-38
23 February 1938
24
Jimmy Hogan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Squad To Season
Final Squad
Final Squad Under
1937-38
23 February 1938
Jimmy Hogan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Transfer Out

Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1938-39
1939
25
Free
Bury
Jimmy Hogan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Transfer Out

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Subsequent Clubs

1939- Bury
Football League Second Division

Retired

Quotes

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

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Biography

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Biography

Player #382 for Aston Villa, William James Carey, known as Bill Carey, played as a goalkeeper for the club.

Bill played for Villa in 1937-38 making 4 appearances.

Bill was born in Prestwich, Manchester on 21 September 1913 and made his debut appearance for Villa on the 16 October 1937 aged 24.

Villa had signed Bill from Sedgley Park in May 1936.

Bill was the 45th custodian of the Villa goal in League & Cup football and over his 4 games Bill kept 3 clean sheets conceding just once at a ratio of 0.25 goals per game.

That was a better ratio than any other Villa keeper to date playing more than once for the club.

Bill however would not get the opportunity to test his talent over a longer spell however as he played his final game on 23 February 1938 before retiring from football.

Bill had played under manager Jimmy Hogan.

Bill passed away in Colchester in September 1998 aged 85.

Died

1 September 1998, Aged 85

Appearances

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Appearances

4

Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #1854
🟩 16 Oct 1937, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park
GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB George Cummings | RB Ernie Callaghan | CB Jimmy Allen | M Alex Massie | W Eric Houghton | F Ronnie Starling | F Bob Iverson | F Freddie Haycock | CF Frank Broome | CF Tommy Clayton |
Game #1875
🟩 19 Feb 1938, Villa 1-0 Chesterfield, Saltergate
GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB Bill Cobley | RB Ernie Callaghan | CB Jimmy Allen | M Alex Massie | W Eric Houghton | CF Frank Broome | F Ronnie Starling | F Bob Iverson | F Freddie Haycock | F Frank Shell |
Game #1876
🟩 21 Feb 1938, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Highbury
GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB George Cummings | RB Ernie Callaghan | CB Jimmy Allen | M Alex Massie | W Eric Houghton | CF Frank Broome | F Ronnie Starling | F Bob Iverson | F Freddie Haycock | F Frank Shell |
Game #1877
🟩 23 Feb 1938, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Villa Park
GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB George Cummings | RB Ernie Callaghan | CB Jimmy Allen | M Alex Massie | W John Maund | CF Frank Broome | F Ronnie Starling | F Bob Iverson | F Freddie Haycock | F Frank Shell |

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Starts

4

Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #1854
🟩 16 Oct 1937, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park
GK Bill Carey | FB George Cummings | RB Ernie Callaghan | CB Jimmy Allen | M Alex Massie | W Eric Houghton | F Ronnie Starling | F Bob Iverson | F Freddie Haycock | CF Frank Broome | CF Tommy Clayton |
Game #1875
🟩 19 Feb 1938, Villa 1-0 Chesterfield, Saltergate
GK Bill Carey | FB Bill Cobley | RB Ernie Callaghan | CB Jimmy Allen | M Alex Massie | W Eric Houghton | CF Frank Broome | F Ronnie Starling | F Bob Iverson | F Freddie Haycock | F Frank Shell |
Game #1876
🟩 21 Feb 1938, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Highbury
GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | F Frank Shell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Game #1877
🟩 23 Feb 1938, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Villa Park
GK Bill Carey | FB George Cummings | RB Ernie Callaghan | CB Jimmy Allen | M Alex Massie | W John Maund | CF Frank Broome | F Ronnie Starling | F Bob Iverson | F Freddie Haycock | F Frank Shell |
Starts
Subs

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Sub Sub
Unused

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Goals Scored

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Goals
Assists

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Assists Made

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

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International Career

England

FA
National Team
Caps with Villa
England
FA
National Team
Full International Record
England
FA
🕒 Caps
🕒 Starts
🔁 Sub
⚽ Goals
FA
First Cap with Villa
FA
First International Goal with Villa
FA
Last Cap with Villa

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International Record

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England

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match
Matches

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

Matches

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

🟩 16 Oct 1937, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

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Game #1854

Manager | Jimmy Hogan |
FT Score | 2-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WWWLW |

Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #41 |
Saturday, 16 October 1937

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | Eric Houghton |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Bill Carey |
FB George Cummings |
RB Ernie Callaghan |
CB Jimmy Allen |
M Alex Massie |
W Eric Houghton |
F Ronnie Starling |
F Bob Iverson |
F Freddie Haycock |
CF Frank Broome |
CF Tommy Clayton |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

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On This Day

Villa recover from their third defeat in ten games to beat Newcastle and make it seven wins, a draw and three defeats in eleven division two games under Jimmy Hogan. Meanwhile, centre forward Tommy Clayton and goalkeeper Bill Carey made their Villa debuts aged 27 and 24 after joining from Wolverhampton Wanderers and Hereford United earlier this month and in in May 1936 respectively.

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

🟩 19 Feb 1938, Villa 1-0 Chesterfield, Saltergate

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Game #1875

Manager | Jimmy Hogan |
FT Score | 1-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WDDDW |

Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #62 |
Saturday, 19 February 1938

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Frank Broome |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Bill Carey |
FB Bill Cobley |
RB Ernie Callaghan |
CB Jimmy Allen |
M Alex Massie |
W Eric Houghton |
CF Frank Broome |
F Ronnie Starling |
F Bob Iverson |
F Freddie Haycock |
F Frank Shell |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

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Unused Substitutes

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Match Timeline

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On This Day

Villa return to League action and win for the ninth time in twelve to make it sixteen wins, six draws and six defeats in twenty eight division two games - as many victories as Villa had achieved in the entirety of the previous campaign.

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

🟩 21 Feb 1938, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Highbury

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Game #1876

Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5 Games: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #63 |
Monday, 21 February 1938

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Frank Broome (hat-trick) | Freddie Haycock |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Frank Shell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

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On This Day

Frank Broome scores a hat-trick to make it five in three games as Villa finally beat First Division Charlton in the FA Cup fifth round at the third attempt.

GK Bill Carey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #382 |

🟩 23 Feb 1938, Villa 3-0 Plymouth, Villa Park

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Game #1877

Manager | Jimmy Hogan |
FT Score | 3-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | DDWWW |

Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #64 |
Wednesday, 23 February 1938

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | John Maund | Freddie Haycock | Frank Broome |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Bill Carey |
FB George Cummings |
RB Ernie Callaghan |
CB Jimmy Allen |
M Alex Massie |
W John Maund |
CF Frank Broome |
F Ronnie Starling |
F Bob Iverson |
F Freddie Haycock |
F Frank Shell |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

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On This Day

Villa win for the tenth time in thirteen League games to make it seventeen wins, six draws and six defeats in twenty nine division two games. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Bill Carey made his fourth and final appearance for Villa aged 24 before moving on to Bury in 1939.
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