Aston Villa v Manchester City FA Cup Quarter Final 1937/38

ASTON VILLA 3 CITY 2

FA Cup Quarter Final

5th March 1938

attendance 75,540

Scorers City Doherty, Allen(og) Villa Broome, Haycock, Shell

City Swift, Dale, Barkas, Percival, Neilson, Bray, Toseland, Herd, Heale, Doherty, Brook

Villa Biddlestone, Callaghan, Cablie, Massie, Allen, Pritty, Broome, Haycock, Shell, Starling, Houghton In front of what was then a record crowd at Villa Park, a relegation threatened City struggled and after a goal-less first half Villa went 2-0 up, and even though Peter Doherty got one back Villa scored again to make it 3-1 and a 90th minute own goal by Jimmy Allen was just a consolation for the Blues.