League Division Two · Matchday 16

Manchester United v Aston Villa

3–1

Saturday 20th November 1937 · Old Trafford · Att: 33,193

Manchester United beat Aston Villa 3–1 at Old Trafford on Saturday 20th November 1937 in the League Division Two. Thomas Manley (15'), Thomas Bamford (41') and Stan Pearson (65') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
15' Thomas Manley 1–0
41' Thomas Bamford 2–0
Half Time
65' Stan Pearson 3–0
83' Bob Iverson 3–1
Full Time 3–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

1 Jack Breedon

2 Hubert Redwood

3 William Roughton

4 James (1935-1939) Brown

9 Thomas Bamford 41'

10 Stan Pearson 65'

11 Thomas Manley 15'

Substitutes

Substitutes were not permitted

Managers

MUFC

Walter Crickmer

Manchester United

OPP

Jimmy Hogan

Aston Villa

United vs Aston Villa History

Meeting 45 of 202

202

Played

108

Won

Drawn

Lost

372

Goals For

259

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 19th November 1892. After this match United had played Aston Villa 45 times: 17W 4D 24L.

8 Mar 1930 L 2–3 D1 30 Aug 1930 L 3–4 D1 27 Dec 1930 L 0–7 D1

20 Nov 1937 W 3–1 This match

2 Apr 1938 L 0–3 D2 5 Nov 1938 W 2–0 D1 11 Mar 1939 D 1–1 D1

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	100	69	18	13	214	87	69.0
Away	99	38	24	37	154	166	38.4
Neutral	3	1	0	2	4	6	33.3

All 202 meetings with Aston Villa →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →