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Game #1937

Aston Villa

Saturday, 5 January 1946

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Lost

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

FA Cup

Coventry City

Highfield Road

Attendance: 27,000

🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

Coventry City

2-1

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Aston Villa

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🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 January 1946

🟢 | 1' Debut, Harry Parkes, Vic Potts, Eddie Lowe, Les Smith
🥅 | 20' Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City), Barratt
🕒 | HT Coventry City 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 49' Goal, 1-1, Les Smith
🚑 | Player retires from field of play with injury, Les Smith
🥅 | Goal, 1-2, (Coventry City), Simpson
🕒 | FT Coventry City 2-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 5 January 1946
  • Les Smith scores Villa's first official goal of the season as Villa participate in their first official fixture of the 1945-46 season as they enter the FA Cup which for this campaign will be played as mandatory double headers, home and away, with the aggregate score over both legs deciding which team will progress. 

  • Villa face Division Two side Coventry at Highfield Road but are narrowly beaten ahead of the second leg at Villa Park having lost goalscorer Smith to injury in the second half.

  • Harry Parkes makes his official debut to become the 390th player to play for Villa in League or Cup football.

  • Vic Potts makes his official debut to become the 391st player to play for Villa in League or Cup football.

  • Eddie Lowe makes his official debut to become the 392nd player to play for Villa in League or Cup football.

  • Les Smith makes his official debut to become the 393rd player to play for Villa in League or Cup football.

🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #390 | Youth team promotion
🟢 RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #391 | Free transfer from Doncaster
🟢 M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #392 | Youth team promotion
🟢 W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #393 | £7,500 signing from Brentford

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919-20

Coventry City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Coventry City
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Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1945-46 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 5 January 1946

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🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
Referee: George Reader | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southampton
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 1 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 0 🟥 1 | 0.00

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: George Reader | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southampton, 1946-

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Not recorded

Referee

🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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Aston Villa

GK Alan Wakeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Andy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | 🚑 | ❌ |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Dick Bayliss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Coventry City

Not Recorded

Line Ups

🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

SQUAD STATS
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XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS
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🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

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None

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

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MATCH VIDEO
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