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.