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Game #1954

Aston Villa

5-0-4, 10 PTS

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Saturday, 5 October 1946

7th=

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Arthur Haynes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | ❌ |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | ⚽ |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Injury | 2 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

George Edwards replaces John Graham.

Not recorded

  • Villa get their third away win in four games in 1946-47 as they win at Ewood thanks to a George Edwards goal but it's injuries that dominate the day as the goalscorer, Arthur Haynes and Billy Goffin all sustaining injury with Goffin being forced to retire from the field of play with 15' remaining.

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Won

1-0

🟩 5 Oct 1946, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Ewood
Scorer(s) | George Edwards | 76' |

Assist(s) | Les Smith | 76' |

Match Timeline:

🚑 | Player injured on field of play, George Edwards
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, Arthur Haynes
🚑 | 75' Player retires from field of play with injury, Billy Goffin, dislocated shoulder
⚽ | 76' Goal, 1-0, George Edwards, Assist by Les Smith
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Aston Villa

Season | 1946-47 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #17 |
Saturday, 5 October 1946

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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Referee: Unknown

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 17 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 1 🟥 6 | 1.82

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

20

20

🔥

0

0

🟩

8

🟨

3

🟥

9

4

🥅

25

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

8

8

🔥

0

0

🟩

4

🟨

0

🟥

4

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

142

142

🔥

0

0

🟩

67

🟨

28

🟥

47

RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

16

16

🔥

0

0

🟩

10

🟨

1

🟥

5

M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

17

17

🔥

0

0

🟩

10

🟨

1

🟥

6

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

17

17

🔥

6

1

🟩

10

🟨

1

🟥

6

W Arthur Haynes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

3

3

🔥

0

1

🟩

2

🟨

0

🟥

1

W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

15

15

🔥

8

2

🟩

10

🟨

1

🟥

4

F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

18

18

🔥

8

2

🟩

8

🟨

2

🟥

8

F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

30

30

🔥

10

5

🟩

13

🟨

9

🟥

8

CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

125

125

🔥

9

6

🟩

61

🟨

23

🟥

41

🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Division One

Blackburn Rovers

3-0-5, 6 PTS

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Ewood Park

Attendance: 22,619

Marks, Crook, Wightman, Whiteside, Cook, Campbell, Pryde, Langton, Butt, Smith, Godwin.

Manager: Eddie Hapgood.

Eddie Hapgood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1927–28

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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