1937–38 Aston Villa F.C. season

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The 1937–38 English football season was Aston Villa's 46th season in The Football League, Villa playing in the Football League Second Division, winning promotion as champions.

ChairmanFred Normansell
ManagerJimmy Hogan
2nd Division1st
FA CupThird round
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Aston Villa
1937–38 season
ChairmanFred Normansell
ManagerJimmy Hogan
2nd Division1st
FA CupThird round
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In the summer of 1938 Villa toured Nazi Germany.[1] The day before their first match, the England football team bowed to pressure from the British Foreign Office and performed the Nazi salute during a friendly match on 14 May 1938.[2] Despite this diplomatic protocol the Birmingham Gazette reported the performance of Villa's Frank Broome beside headline, “GESTAPO”, in which it detailed the surveillance of 20,000 Germans in England by the German Secret Police.

The atmosphere in the Villa's first match against a German Select XI was in marked contrast to the England game with continual jeering and whistling. Villa's use of the offside trap was unfamiliar and frustrating to the German players and fans. When future Villa manager, Alex Massie fouled Camillo Jerusalem, the referee needed to separate the teams. Hostility from the 110,000 crowd intensified when the Villa players left the pitch without the required Nazi salute and Joseph Goebbels was called to suppress subsequent hostile German press coverage.[3]

The second game, in Düsseldorf, passed without incident but, following the third match, in Stuttgart, SS guards and Stormtroopers were needed to protect the players from the crowd.[3] During the war TIME Magazine would report that the Villa reserve team, all captured at Dunkirk, thrashed their captor SS guards.[4]

There were debuts for Frank Shell, Bill Carey,[5] Tommy Clayton [6] and Jeff Barker.[7]

Second Division

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Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Aston Villa 42 17 2 2 50 12 8 5 8 23 23 2.086 57 Division Champions, promoted
2 Manchester United 42 15 3 3 50 18 7 6 8 32 32 1.640 53 Promoted
3 Sheffield United 42 15 4 2 46 19 7 5 9 27 37 1.304 53
4 Coventry City 42 12 5 4 31 15 8 7 6 35 30 1.467 52
5 Tottenham Hotspur 42 14 3 4 46 16 5 3 13 30 38 1.407 44
6 Burnley 42 15 4 2 35 11 2 6 13 19 43 1.000 44
7 Bradford Park Avenue 42 13 4 4 51 22 4 5 12 18 34 1.232 43
8 Fulham 42 10 7 4 44 23 6 4 11 17 34 1.070 43
9 West Ham United 42 13 5 3 34 16 1 9 11 19 36 1.019 42
10 Bury 42 12 3 6 43 26 6 2 13 20 34 1.050 41
11 Chesterfield 42 12 2 7 39 24 4 7 10 24 39 1.000 41
12 Luton Town 42 10 6 5 53 36 5 4 12 36 50 1.035 40
13 Plymouth Argyle 42 10 7 4 40 30 4 5 12 17 35 0.877 40
14 Norwich City 42 11 5 5 35 28 3 6 12 21 47 0.747 39
15 Southampton 42 12 6 3 42 26 3 3 15 13 51 0.714 39
16 Blackburn Rovers 42 13 6 2 51 30 1 4 16 20 50 0.888 38
17 Sheffield Wednesday 42 10 5 6 27 21 4 5 12 22 35 0.875 38
18 Swansea Town 42 12 6 3 31 21 1 6 14 14 52 0.616 38
19 Newcastle United 42 12 4 5 38 18 2 4 15 13 40 0.879 36
20 Nottingham Forest 42 12 3 6 29 21 2 5 14 18 39 0.783 36
21 Barnsley 42 7 11 3 30 20 4 3 14 20 44 0.781 36 Relegated
22 Stockport County 42 8 6 7 24 24 3 3 15 19 46 0.614 31
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Source: [citation needed]

Matches

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DateOpponentVenueResultNotesScorers
28 Aug 1937West Ham UnitedVilla Park2–0—Freddie Haycock 14', John Maund 29'
1 Sep 1937Luton TownKenilworth Road2–3—John Maund, Alex Massie 54'
4 Sep 1937SouthamptonThe Dell0–0——
6 Sep 1937Luton TownVilla Park4–1—Frank Broome 6', 35', Charlie Phillips 27', 43'
11 Sep 1937Blackburn RoversVilla Park2–1—Freddie Haycock 13', John Maund 28'
16 Sep 1937Norwich CityCarrow Road0–1——
18 Sep 1937Sheffield WednesdayHillsborough2–1—Freddie Haycock 2', Bob Iverson 65'
25 Sep 1937FulhamVilla Park2–0—Frank Broome 35', Freddie Haycock 75'
2 Oct 1937Plymouth ArgyleHome Park3–0—Frank Broome 44', 50', Eric Houghton
9 Oct 1937ChesterfieldVilla Park0–2——
16 Oct 1937Newcastle UnitedVilla Park2–0—Eric Houghton 53', 56'
23 Oct 1937Nottingham ForestCity Ground2–0—Frank Broome 58', Eric Houghton 72'
30 Oct 1937Coventry CityVilla Park1–1—Eric Houghton 53'
6 Nov 1937BuryGigg Lane1–1—Freddie Haycock 21'
13 Nov 1937BurnleyVilla Park0–0——
20 Nov 1937Manchester UnitedOld Trafford1–3—Bob Iverson 79'
27 Nov 1937Sheffield UnitedVilla Park1–0—Tommy Clayton 25'
4 Dec 1937Tottenham HotspurWhite Hart Lane1–2—Eric Houghton 85'
11 Dec 1937Stockport CountyVilla Park7–1—Frank Shell 3', 35', 80', Eric Houghton 38', Freddie Haycock 42', Frank Broome 60', 62'
18 Dec 1937BarnsleyOakwell1–0—Frank Shell 17'
27 Dec 1937Bradford Park AvenuePark Avenue2–1—Frank Shell 47', Freddie Haycock 89'
28 Dec 1937BarnsleyVilla Park3–0—Alex Massie 40', Frank Broome 49', 67'
1 Jan 1938West Ham UnitedUpton Park1–1—Own goal 67'
15 Jan 1938SouthamptonVilla Park3–0—Freddie Haycock 25', 80', Eric Houghton 88'
27 Jan 1938Blackburn RoversEwood Park0–1——
29 Jan 1938Sheffield WednesdayVilla Park4–3—Ronnie Starling 24', 25', Eric Houghton 46', Frank Broome 85'
5 Feb 1938FulhamCraven Cottage1–1—Eric Houghton 40'
19 Feb 1938ChesterfieldSaltergate1–0—Frank Broome 89'
23 Feb 1938Plymouth ArgyleVilla Park3–0—John Maund, Freddie Haycock, Frank Broome
26 Feb 1938Newcastle UnitedSt James’ Park0–2——
9 Mar 1938Nottingham ForestVilla Park1–2—George Hardy 82'
12 Mar 1938Coventry CityHighfield Road1–0—Ronnie Starling 72'
19 Mar 1938BuryVilla Park2–1—Frank Broome 52', Freddie Haycock 65'
2 Apr 1938Manchester UnitedVilla Park3–0—Frank Broome 24', John Maund 50', Eric Houghton 70' (pen)
5 Apr 1938BurnleyTurf Moor0–3——
9 Apr 1938Sheffield UnitedBramall Lane0–0——
16 Apr 1938Tottenham HotspurVilla Park2–0—Frank Broome 35', 85'
18 Apr 1938Swansea TownVetch Field1–2—Ronnie Starling
19 Apr 1938Swansea TownVilla Park4–0—Bob Iverson 16', Frank Shell 72', 83', Eric Houghton
23 Apr 1938Stockport CountyEdgeley Park3–1—Freddie Haycock 17', Frank Broome 18', 49'
27 Apr 1938Bradford Park AvenueVilla Park2–0—Frank Broome 17', Freddie Haycock 37'
7 May 1938Norwich CityVilla Park2–0—Frank Shell 50', Freddie Haycock
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Source: avfchistory.co.uk

FA Cup

Main article: 1937–38 FA Cup

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