Aston Villa's 1949-50 season

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Season 61 | 1949-50

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The Story of 1949-50

Season Summary

Division	Final League Position	FA Cup Progress	Biggest Win
Division One	12th	3rd Round	4-0 vs. Middlesbrough (h), Division One

Top Scorer	Most Appearances
18 \| Trevor Ford	45 \| Frank Moss, Ivor Powell

Manager Summary

P: Games Played; W: Games Won; D: Games Drawn; L: Games Lost; PPG: Points per Game (3 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw); CS%: Clean Sheet percentage; W%: Win Rate; L%: Loss Rate; U: Games Unbeaten; U% Unbeaten Rate.

From	To	Manager	P	W	D	L	U	W%	L%	U%	CS%	PPG
Ongoing	6 May 1950	Alex Massie	45	15	14	16	29	33%	36%	64%	27%	1.31

Manager	Chairman	Chief Executive
Alex Massie	Fred Normansell	Fred Archer

Season Statistics

Pos: Final League Position; P: Games Played; W: Games Won; D: Games Drawn; L: Games Lost; F: Goals Scored; A: Goals Conceded; Pts: Final League Points; GD: Goal Difference (A-F); PPG: Points per Game (3 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw); GR: Goal Ratio (F/A); GPG: Goals Scored per Game; CPG: Goals Conceded per Game; CS: Clean Sheets; CS%: Clean Sheet percentage; W%: Win Rate; L%: Loss Rate; U: Games Unbeaten; U% Unbeaten Rate.

Results - All Competitions

P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	GR	GPG	CPG	CS	CS%	W%	L%	U	U%	PPG
45	15	14	16	63	65	-2	0.97	1.4	1.44	12	27%	33%	36%	29	64%	1.31

Results - League

Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	GD	GPG	CPG	GR	CS	CS%	W%	L%	U%	PPG
12th	42	15	12	15	61	61	42	0	1.45	1.45	1	11	26%	36%	36%	64%	1.36

Sequences

Wins in a Row	League Wins in a Row	Games Unbeaten	Games without a Win	Losing Run
2	2	4	6	2

League Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	42	22	9	11	74	38	36	53
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	13	9	76	49	27	53
3	Sunderland	42	21	10	11	83	62	21	52
4	Manchester United	42	18	14	10	69	44	25	50
5	Newcastle United	42	19	12	11	77	55	22	50
6	Arsenal	42	19	11	12	79	55	24	49
7	Blackpool	42	17	15	10	46	35	11	49
8	Liverpool	42	17	14	11	64	54	10	48
9	Middlesbrough	42	20	7	15	59	48	11	47
10	Burnley	42	16	13	13	40	40	0	45
11	Derby County	42	17	10	15	69	61	8	44
12	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	61	61	0	42
13	Chelsea	42	12	16	14	58	65	-7	40
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	12	16	47	53	-6	40
15	Huddersfield Town	42	14	9	19	52	73	-21	37
16	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	14	18	45	59	-14	34
17	Fulham	42	10	14	18	41	54	-13	34
18	Everton	42	10	14	18	42	66	-24	34
19	Stoke City	42	11	12	19	45	75	-30	34
20	Charlton Athletic	42	13	6	23	53	65	-12	32
21	Manchester City	42	8	13	21	36	68	-32	29
22	Birmingham City	42	7	14	21	31	67	-36	28

Matches

Select a row for detailed match reports

Competition	Date	Home		Away	W	D	L	Game
Division One	20 Aug 1949	Manchester City	3-3	Aston Villa		D		2120
Division One	23 Aug 1949	Aston Villa	1-1	Derby County		D		2121
Division One	27 Aug 1949	Aston Villa	3-1	Fulham	W			2122
Division One	31 Aug 1949	Derby County	3-2	Aston Villa			L	2123
Division One	3 Sep 1949	Newcastle United	3-2	Aston Villa			L	2124
Division One	5 Sep 1949	Aston Villa	1-0	Portsmouth	W			2125
Division One	10 Sep 1949	Aston Villa	0-0	Blackpool		D		2126
Division One	17 Sep 1949	Middlesbrough	0-2	Aston Villa	W			2127
Division One	24 Sep 1949	Aston Villa	2-2	Everton		D		2128
Division One	1 Oct 1949	Huddersfield Town	1-0	Aston Villa			L	2129
Division One	8 Oct 1949	West Brom	1-1	Aston Villa		D		2130
Division One	15 Oct 1949	Aston Villa	0-4	Manchester United			L	2131
Division One	22 Oct 1949	Chelsea	1-3	Aston Villa	W			2132
Division One	29 Oct 1949	Aston Villa	1-1	Stoke City		D		2133
Division One	5 Nov 1949	Burnley	1-0	Aston Villa			L	2134
Division One	12 Nov 1949	Aston Villa	2-0	Sunderland	W			2135
Division One	19 Nov 1949	Liverpool	2-1	Aston Villa			L	2136
Division One	26 Nov 1949	Aston Villa	1-1	Arsenal		D		2137
Division One	3 Dec 1949	Bolton Wanderers	1-1	Aston Villa		D		2138
Division One	10 Dec 1949	Aston Villa	1-1	Birmingham City		D		2139
Division One	17 Dec 1949	Aston Villa	1-0	Manchester City	W			2140
Division One	24 Dec 1949	Fulham	3-0	Aston Villa			L	2141
Division One	26 Dec 1949	Wolves	2-3	Aston Villa	W			2142
Division One	27 Dec 1949	Aston Villa	1-4	Wolves			L	2143
Division One	31 Dec 1949	Aston Villa	0-1	Newcastle United			L	2144
FA Cup	7 Jan 1950	Aston Villa	2-2	Middlesbrough		D		2145
FA Cup	11 Jan 1950	Middlesbrough	0-0	Aston Villa		D		2146
Division One	14 Jan 1950	Blackpool	1-0	Aston Villa			L	2147
FA Cup	16 Jan 1950	Aston Villa	0-3	Middlesbrough			L	2148
Division One	21 Jan 1950	Aston Villa	4-0	Middlesbrough	W			2149
Division One	4 Feb 1950	Everton	1-1	Aston Villa		D		2150
Division One	18 Feb 1950	Aston Villa	2-0	Huddersfield Town	W			2151
Division One	25 Feb 1950	Aston Villa	1-0	West Brom	W			2152
Division One	8 Mar 1950	Manchester United	7-0	Aston Villa			L	2153
Division One	11 Mar 1950	Aston Villa	2-0	Liverpool	W			2154
Division One	25 Mar 1950	Aston Villa	0-1	Burnley			L	2155
Division One	29 Mar 1950	Arsenal	1-3	Aston Villa	W			2156
Division One	1 Apr 1950	Sunderland	2-1	Aston Villa			L	2157
Division One	7 Apr 1950	Charlton Athletic	1-4	Aston Villa	W			2158
Division One	8 Apr 1950	Aston Villa	4-0	Chelsea	W			2159
Division One	11 Apr 1950	Aston Villa	1-1	Charlton Athletic		D		2160
Division One	15 Apr 1950	Stoke City	1-0	Aston Villa			L	2161
Division One	22 Apr 1950	Aston Villa	3-0	Bolton Wanderers	W			2162
Division One	29 Apr 1950	Birmingham City	2-2	Aston Villa		D		2163
Division One	6 May 1950	Portsmouth	5-1	Aston Villa			L	2164

Transfers In

1 July - 30 June

Player	Position	In	From	For	Aged
Graham Cordell	Goalkeeper	September 1949	Walsall Star	Free	20
Derek Pace	Centre Forward	September 1949	Bloxwich Scouts	Free	17
Stan Lynn	Right Back	March 1950	Accrington Stanley	£10,000	21
Jimmy Harrison	Full Back	July 1949	Leicester City	£12,000	28
Pat Daly	Full Back	December 1949	Shamrock Rovers	Free	22

Transfers Out

1 July - 30 June

Player	Position	In	To	For	Aged
Jock Mulraney	Winger	August 1949	Cradley Heath	Free	33
Alan Wakeman	Goalkeeper	1950	Doncaster Rovers	Free	29
Eddie Lowe	Defender	May 1950	Fulham	£15,000	24

Debut Appearances

Player	Number	Against	On	Aged
Jimmy Harrison	Player #422	Manchester City (a), Division One	Saturday, 20 August 1949	28
Pat Daly	Player #423	Blackpool (a), Division One	Saturday, 14 January 1950	22

Final Appearances

Player	Number	Against	On	Aged
Syd Howarth	Player #417	Manchester United (h), Division One	Saturday, 15 October 1949	26
Alan Wakeman	Player #389	Wolverhampton Wanderers (h), Division One	Tuesday, 27 December 1949	29
Eddie Lowe	Player #399	Middlesbrough (n), FA Cup	Monday, 16 January 1950	24
Pat Daly	Player #423	Everton (a), Division One	Saturday, 4 February 1950	22
Jimmy Harrison	Player #422	Manchester United (a), Division One	Wednesday, 8 March 1950	29

Squad Statistics

Squad Size	Average 1st XI Age	Youngest 1st XI	Oldest 1st XI
21	29.20	27.37 \| Manchester United (h), 15 October 1949	30.56 \| Stoke (a), 15 April 1950

Youngest Player	Oldest Player
20.90 \| Keith Jones \| 10 September 1949, Blackpool (h)	36.65 \| Joe Rutherford \| 6 May 1950, Portsmouth (a)

First Team Squad

Player	Number	Villa Career
Frank Moss 1938-55	Player #386	1938-55 £2k, 314 \| 3 \|
George Edwards	Player #387	1938-51 Free, 152 \| 41 \|
Alan Wakeman	Player #389	1938-50 Free, 20 \| 0 \|
Joe Rutherford	Player #390	1939-51 £2.5k, 156 \| 0 \|
Harry Parkes	Player #395	1945-55 Free, 344 \| 4 \|
Billy Goffin	Player #396	1945-54 Free, 173 \| 42 \|
Les Smith	Player #397	1945-51 £7.5k, 197 \| 37 \|
Eddie Lowe	Player #399	1945-50 Free, 117 \| 3 \|
Johnny Dixon	Player #401	1945-61 Free, 437 \| 144 \|
Derek Ashton	Player #403	1946-51 Free, 8 \| 0 \|
Dicky Dorsett	Player #405	1946-53 £3k, 270 \| 27 \|
Amos Moss	Player #406	1946-56 Yth, 108 \| 5 \|
Trevor Ford	Player #408	1946-51 £9.5k, 127 \| 61 \|
Keith Jones	Player #411	1947-57 Free, 199 \| 0 \|
Albert Vinall	Player #412	1947-54 Free, 11 \| 1 \|
Larry Canning	Player #414	1948-54 Free, 41 \| 3 \|
Con Martin	Player #416	1948-56 £10k, 212 \| 1 \|
Syd Howarth	Player #417	1948-50 £6.5k, 9 \| 2 \|
Miller Craddock	Player #418	1948-50 Free, 34 \| 10 \|
Ivor Powell	Player #419	1948-50 £17.5k, 86 \| 5 \|
Herbert Smith	Player #420	1948-53 Yth, 54 \| 9 \|
Colin Gibson	Player #421	1949-55 £17.5k, 167 \| 25 \|
Jimmy Harrison	Player #422	1949-50 £12k, 8 \| 1 \|
Pat Daly	Player #423	1949-50 Free, 4 \| 0 \|

Appearances

Player	Total	League	FA Cup
M Ivor Powell	45	42	3
CB Frank Moss 1938-55	45	42	3
FB Harry Parkes	43	40	3
CB Con Martin	43	40	3
LB Dicky Dorsett	41	39	2
F Johnny Dixon	40	37	3
CF Trevor Ford	39	36	3
W Billy Goffin	34	33	1
W Colin Gibson	34	32	2
W Les Smith	32	29	3
GK Joe Rutherford	31	28	3
F Miller Craddock	16	16
F George Edwards	13	13
GK Keith Jones	10	10
M Eddie Lowe	9	6	3
FB Jimmy Harrison	8	8
FB Pat Daly	4	3	1
GK Alan Wakeman	4	4
M Amos Moss	2	2
W Herbert Smith	1	1
CF Syd Howarth	1	1

Goals

Player	Total	League	FA Cup
CF Trevor Ford	18	18
W Billy Goffin	13	13
F Johnny Dixon	11	11
W Colin Gibson	4	3	1
W Les Smith	3	3
F Miller Craddock	3	3
M Ivor Powell	3	3
F George Edwards	2	2
LB Dicky Dorsett	2	1	1
FB Jimmy Harrison	1	1
CB Frank Moss 1938-55	1	1
M Eddie Lowe	1	1
CB Con Martin	1	1

'Keepers

'Keeper	Appearances	Conceded	Ratio	Clean Sheets	Clean Sheet %
GK Joe Rutherford	31	45	1.45

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Season 61 | 1949-50