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Game #1972

Aston Villa

12-5-9, 29 PTS

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Saturday, 18 January 1947

7th

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ron Guttridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟢 |

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 | 6 |
W Arthur Haynes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Trevor Ford and Ron Guttridge make their debuts as Eddie Lowe and Amos Moss return with Frank Moss, Ernie Callaghan, John Graham and Ronnie Starling dropping out.

Not recorded

Left back Ron Guttridge, 30, and centre forward Trevor Ford, 23, made their Villa debuts after joining from Prescot Cables FC and Swansea Town in March 1937 and January 1947 respectively.

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Won

2-0

🟩 18 Jan 1947, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Highbury
Scorer(s) | Les Smith | 3' | Dicky Dorsett | 15' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 3' Goal, 1-0, Les Smith
⚽ | 15' Goal, 2-0, Dicky Dorsett
🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-2 Aston Villa
💥 | Missed penalty, Dicky Dorsett
🕒 | FT Arsenal 0-2 Aston Villa

Season | 1946-47 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #35 |
Saturday, 18 January 1947

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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Unknown
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Referee: Unknown

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

🟢 LB Ron Guttridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #403 | Youth team promotion
🟢 CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #404 | £9,500 signing from Swansea

Final Appearances:

None

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 35 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 6 🟥 12 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
37
🟩
15
🟨
0
37
🟨
8
🟥
0
0
🟥
14
0
🥅
10
47
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
16
🟩
6
🟨
0
16
🟨
5
🟥
0
6
🟥
5
3
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
31
🟩
15
🟨
0
31
🟨
6
🟥
0
0
🟥
10
0
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
25
🟩
14
🟨
0
25
🟨
2
🟥
0
2
🟥
9
0
LB Ron Guttridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
1
🟩
1
🟨
0
1
🟨
0
🟥
0
0
🟥
0
0
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
32
🟩
16
🟨
0
32
🟨
6
🟥
0
0
🟥
10
2
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
48
🟩
20
🟨
0
48
🟨
14
🟥
0
15
🟥
14
5
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
1
🟩
1
🟨
0
1
🟨
0
🟥
0
0
🟥
0
0
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🟩
🟨
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🟥
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Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
6
🟩
3
🟨
0
6
🟨
1
🟥
0
0
🟥
2
0
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
35
🟩
17
🟨
0
35
🟨
6
🟥
0
11
🟥
12
2
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
36
🟩
15
🟨
0
36
🟨
7
🟥
0
13
🟥
14
7
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division One

Arsenal

8-5-12, 21 PTS

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Highbury

Attendance: 57,524

GK George Swindin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RH Harry Waller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Ernie Collett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Paddy Sloan | 🇬🇧 |
M Alf Fields | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy Rudkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dennis Compton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ian McPherson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Jimmy Logie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ronnie Rooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Reg Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

George Allison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1937-38

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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