With Fred Biddlestone injured Bill Carey is named as replacement 'keeper just 10 minutes before kick off as a late decision is made to play him ahead of 16 year old clerk from the Villa staff offices, Alan Wakeman. 

Eric Houghton hits a brace to make it three in as many games as Villa get their promotion push back on track with a seventh win of the season in eleven games under Jimmy Hogan.

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.

• Frank Broome scores in the 89th minute at Saltergate to make it nine wins in twelve division two games under Jimmy Hogan.

• Villa return to League action and win for the ninth time in twelve.

• Villa make it sixteen wins, six draws and six defeats in twenty eight division two games.

• Villa now have as many victories in 1937-38 as they had achieved in the entirety of the previous campaign.

• Villa remain second behind leaders Sheffield United but now have two games in hand whilst their a point clear of Coventry to whom they also have a game in hand. Manchester United, such fortunate winners at Old Trafford in November, sit fourth, four points behind Villa.

• Frank Broome scores a hat-trick to make it five in three games as Villa finally beaten division one side Charlton in the FA Cup fifth round at the third attempt.

• Frank Broome scores for the sixth time in four as Villa win for the tenth time in thirteen division two matches.

• 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. 

• Goalkeeper Bill Carey makes his fourth and final appearance for Villa aged 24 before moving on to Bury in 1939.