Aston Villa's 1950-51 season

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Season 62 | 1950-51

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The Story of 1950-51

Season Summary

Division	Final League Position	FA Cup Progress	Biggest Win
Division One	15th	4th Round	6-2 vs. Stoke City (h), Division One

Top Scorer	Most Appearances
14 \| Johnny Dixon	43 \| Harry Parkes

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
19 Aug 1950	25 Nov 1950	Management Committee	19	4	6	9	10	21%	47%	53%	16%	0.95
2 Dec 1950	Ongoing	George Martin	25	9	7	9	16	36%	36%	64%	24%	1.36

Manager	Chairman	Chief Executive
Management Committee	Fred Normansell	Fred Archer
George Martin	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
44	13	13	18	69	71	-2	0.86	1.57	1.82	9	20%	30%	41%	26	59%	1.18

Results - League

Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	GD	GPG	CPG	GR	CS	CS%	W%	L%	U%	PPG
15th	42	12	13	17	66	68	37	-2	1.57	1.62	0.97	8	19%	29%	40%	60%	1.17

Sequences

Wins in a Row	League Wins in a Row	Games Unbeaten	Games without a Win	Losing Run
4	4	9	9	6

League Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	25	10	7	82	44	38	60
2	Manchester United	42	24	8	10	74	40	34	56
3	Blackpool	42	20	10	12	79	53	26	50
4	Newcastle United	42	18	13	11	62	53	9	49
5	Arsenal	42	19	9	14	73	56	17	47
6	Middlesbrough	42	18	11	13	76	65	11	47
7	Portsmouth	42	16	15	11	71	68	3	47
8	Bolton Wanderers	42	19	7	16	64	61	3	45
9	Liverpool	42	16	11	15	53	59	-6	43
10	Burnley	42	14	14	14	48	43	5	42
11	Derby County	42	16	8	18	81	75	6	40
12	Sunderland	42	12	16	14	63	73	-10	40
13	Stoke City	42	13	14	15	50	59	-9	40
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	8	19	74	61	13	38
15	Aston Villa	42	12	13	17	66	68	-2	37
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	11	18	53	61	-8	37
17	Charlton Athletic	42	14	9	19	63	80	-17	37
18	Fulham	42	13	11	18	52	68	-16	37
19	Huddersfield Town	42	15	6	21	64	92	-28	36
20	Chelsea	42	12	8	22	53	65	-12	32
21	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	8	22	64	83	-19	32
22	Everton	42	12	8	22	48	86	-38	32

Matches

Select a row for detailed match reports

Competition	Date	Home		Away	W	D	L	Game
Division One	19 Aug 1950	Aston Villa	2-0	West Brom	W			2165
Division One	21 Aug 1950	Aston Villa	3-1	Sunderland	W			2166
Division One	26 Aug 1950	Derby County	4-2	Aston Villa			L	2167
Division One	30 Aug 1950	Sunderland	3-3	Aston Villa		D		2168
Division One	2 Sep 1950	Aston Villa	1-1	Liverpool		D		2169
Division One	4 Sep 1950	Aston Villa	1-3	Manchester United			L	2170
Division One	9 Sep 1950	Fulham	2-1	Aston Villa			L	2171
Division One	13 Sep 1950	Manchester United	0-0	Aston Villa		D		2172
Division One	16 Sep 1950	Aston Villa	0-1	Bolton Wanderers			L	2173
Division One	23 Sep 1950	Blackpool	1-1	Aston Villa		D		2174
Division One	30 Sep 1950	Aston Villa	2-3	Tottenham Hotspur			L	2175
Division One	7 Oct 1950	Aston Villa	3-0	Newcastle United	W			2176
Division One	14 Oct 1950	Huddersfield Town	4-2	Aston Villa			L	2177
Division One	21 Oct 1950	Aston Villa	1-1	Arsenal		D		2178
Division One	28 Oct 1950	Burnley	2-0	Aston Villa			L	2179
Division One	4 Nov 1950	Aston Villa	0-1	Middlesbrough			L	2180
Division One	11 Nov 1950	Sheffield Wednesday	3-2	Aston Villa			L	2181
Division One	18 Nov 1950	Aston Villa	4-2	Chelsea	W			2182
Division One	25 Nov 1950	Portsmouth	3-3	Aston Villa		D		2183
Division One	2 Dec 1950	Aston Villa	3-3	Everton		D		2184
Division One	9 Dec 1950	Stoke City	1-0	Aston Villa			L	2185
Division One	16 Dec 1950	West Brom	2-0	Aston Villa			L	2186
Division One	23 Dec 1950	Aston Villa	1-1	Derby County		D		2187
Division One	25 Dec 1950	Charlton Athletic	2-2	Aston Villa		D		2188
Division One	26 Dec 1950	Aston Villa	0-0	Charlton Athletic		D		2189
FA Cup 3rd Round	6 Jan 1951	Aston Villa	2-0	Burnley	W			2190
Division One	13 Jan 1951	Aston Villa	3-0	Fulham	W			2191
Division One	20 Jan 1951	Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Aston Villa			L	2192
FA Cup 4th Round	27 Jan 1951	Wolves	3-1	Aston Villa			L	2193
Division One	3 Feb 1951	Aston Villa	0-3	Blackpool			L	2194
Division One	17 Feb 1951	Tottenham Hotspur	3-2	Aston Villa			L	2195
Division One	3 Mar 1951	Aston Villa	0-1	Huddersfield Town			L	2196
Division One	10 Mar 1951	Arsenal	2-1	Aston Villa			L	2197
Division One	17 Mar 1951	Aston Villa	3-2	Burnley	W			2198
Division One	24 Mar 1951	Middlesbrough	2-1	Aston Villa			L	2199
Division One	26 Mar 1951	Wolves	2-3	Aston Villa	W			2200
Division One	27 Mar 1951	Aston Villa	1-0	Wolves	W			2201
Division One	31 Mar 1951	Aston Villa	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday	W			2202
Division One	4 Apr 1951	Newcastle United	0-1	Aston Villa	W			2203
Division One	7 Apr 1951	Chelsea	1-1	Aston Villa		D		2204
Division One	14 Apr 1951	Aston Villa	3-3	Portsmouth		D		2205
Division One	21 Apr 1951	Everton	1-2	Aston Villa	W			2206
Division One	25 Apr 1951	Liverpool	0-0	Aston Villa		D		2207
Division One	5 May 1951	Aston Villa	6-2	Stoke City	W			2208

Transfers In

1 July - 30 June

Player	Position	In	From	For	Aged
Joe Tyrell	Forward	June 1950	Bretforton Old Boys	Free	18
Geoff Sellars	Winger	July 1950	Leeds United	Free	20
Jack Hindle	Goalkeeper	August 1950	Barrow FC	£6,000	28
Tommy Thompson	Forward	September 1950	Newcastle United	£12,500	21
Davy Walsh	Centre Forward	December 1950	West Bromwich Albion	£25,000	27
Ron Jeffries	Centre Forward	December 1950	Moor Green	Free	20
Danny Blanchflower	Midfielder	March 1951	Barnsley	£15,000	25

Transfers Out

1 July - 30 June

Player	Position	In	To	For	Aged
Syd Howarth	Centre Forward	September 1950	Swansea Town	Free	27
Trevor Ford	Centre Forward	October 1950	Sunderland	£30,000	27
George Edwards	Forward	1951	Bilston United	Free	33
Pat Daly	Full Back	May 1951	Shamrock Rovers	Free	23
Miller Craddock	Forward	May 1951	Retired	Released	24

Debut Appearances

Player	Number	Against	On	Aged
Jack Hindle	Player #424	Manchester United (a), Division One	Wednesday, 13 September 1950	28
Tommy Thompson	Player #425	Blackpool (a), Division One	Saturday, 23 September 1950	21
Stan Lynn	Player #426	Huddersfield Town (a), Division One	Saturday, 14 October 1950	22
Geoff Sellars	Player #427	Arsenal (h), Division One	Saturday, 21 October 1950	20
Davy Walsh	Player #428	Fulham (h), Division One	Saturday, 13 January 1951	27
Ron Jeffries	Player #429	Tottenham Hotspur (a), Division One	Saturday, 17 February 1951	20
Peter Aldis	Player #430	Arsenal (a), Division One	Saturday, 10 March 1951	23
Danny Blanchflower	Player #431	Burnley (h), Division One	Saturday, 17 March 1951	25
Derek Pace	Player #432	Burnley (h), Division One	Saturday, 17 March 1951	19

Final Appearances

Player	Number	Against	On	Aged
Trevor Ford	Player #408	Huddersfield Town (a), Division One	Saturday, 14 October 1950	27
Ivor Powell	Player #419	Everton (h), Division One	Saturday, 2 December 1950	34
Geoff Sellars	Player #427	West Bromwich Albion (a), Division One	Saturday, 16 December 1950	20
Miller Craddock	Player #418	Derby County (h), Division One	Saturday, 23 December 1950	24
Jack Hindle	Player #424	Charlton Athletic (h), Division One	Tuesday, 26 December 1950	29
George Edwards	Player #387	Bolton Wanderers (a), Division One	Saturday, 20 January 1951	32
Ron Jeffries	Player #429	Arsenal (a), Division One	Saturday, 10 March 1951	20

Squad Statistics

Squad Size	Average 1st XI Age	Youngest 1st XI	Oldest 1st XI
26	28.49	26.44 \| Burnley (h), 17 March 1951	29.65 \| Huddersfield (a), 14 October 1950

Youngest Player	Oldest Player
19.03 \| Derek Pace \| 17 March 1951, Burnley (h)	36.65 \| Joe Rutherford \| 5 May 1951, Stoke (h)

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 \|
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 \|
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 \|
Jack Hindle	Player #424	1950 £6k, 15 \| 0 \|
Tommy Thompson	Player #425	1950-55 £12.5k, 165 \| 76 \|
Stan Lynn	Player #426	1950-61 £10k, 324 \| 38 \|
Geoff Sellars	Player #427	1950 Free, 2 \| 0 \|
Davy Walsh	Player #428	1951-55 £25k, 113 \| 40 \|
Ron Jeffries	Player #429	1951-53 Free, 2 \| 0 \|
Peter Aldis	Player #430	1951-59 Free, 296 \| 1 \|
Danny Blanchflower	Player #431	1951-55 £15k, 155 \| 10 \|
Derek Pace	Player #432	1950-58 Yth, 107 \| 42 \|

Appearances

Player	Total	League	FA Cup
FB Harry Parkes	43	41	2
LB Dicky Dorsett	40	39	1
F Johnny Dixon	37	35	2
CB Con Martin	33	31	2
F Tommy Thompson	33	31	2
CB Frank Moss 1938-55	32	32
W Colin Gibson	27	25	2
W Billy Goffin	25	24	1
W Les Smith	24	22	2
M Larry Canning	20	18	2
M Ivor Powell	17	17
GK Keith Jones	15	13	2
GK Jack Hindle	15	15

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Season 62 | 1950-51