Game #1937
Aston Villa
Saturday, 5 January 1946
Lost
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
FA Cup 3rd Round
Attendance: 27,000
Coventry City
Highfield Road
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.
Coventry City
2-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
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.
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Saturday, 5 January 1946
ON THIS DAY
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.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919-20
Coventry City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Coventry City
Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1945-46 |
Matchday | #25 |
Manager Game | #25 |
Saturday, 5 January 1946
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Alex Massie | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 1 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 0 🟥 1 | 0.00
Career Form:
Relegation
Alex Massie | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: G Reader, Southampton
G Reader
CARDS
Villa
Coventry City
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Alex Massie | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
Wakeman
Potts
Cummings
Parkes
Callaghan
Lowe
Kerr
Martin
Edwards
Iverson
Smith
Coventry City
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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