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Game #1977

Aston Villa

13-7-11, 33 PTS

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Saturday, 8 March 1947

8th

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
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 | 4 |
W Arthur Haynes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

John Graham and Eddie Lowe replace Harry Parkes and Trevor Ford.

Not recorded

  • Villa are unluckily beaten at Maine Road by two quick second half strikes from hosts Manchester United.

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Lost

1-2

🟥 8 Mar 1947, Villa 1-2 United, Maine Road
Scorer(s) | Dicky Dorsett | 36' |

Assist(s) | John Graham | 36' |

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 36' Goal, 1-0, Dicky Dorsett, Assist by John Graham
🕒 | HT Manchester United 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 62' Goal, 1-1, (Manchester United), Burke
🥅 | 64' Goal, 1-2, (Manchester United), Pearson
🕒 | FT Manchester United 2-1 Aston Villa

Season | 1946-47 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #40 |
Saturday, 8 March 1947

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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Jack Flanagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1946-1953
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Referee: Jack Flanagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1946-1953

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨

Total 🕒 50 | 🟩 25 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 19 | ⚽ 103 | 🥅 78 |
League 🕒 46 | 🟩 24 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 16 | ⚽ 99 | 🥅 68 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 4 | 🥅 10 |
Home 🕒 24 | 🟩 16 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 66 | 🥅 27 |
Away 🕒 26 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 15 | ⚽ 37 | 🥅 51 |

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 40 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 8 🟥 14 | 1.55

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

42

42

🔥

0

0

🟩

16

🟨

10

🟥

16

11

🥅

54

LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

21

21

🔥

7

3

🟩

7

🟨

7

🟥

7

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

25

25

🔥

0

0

🟩

9

🟨

5

🟥

11

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

163

163

🔥

0

0

🟩

74

🟨

35

🟥

54

RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

36

36

🔥

0

0

🟩

16

🟨

8

🟥

12

M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

36

36

🔥

0

2

🟩

17

🟨

7

🟥

12

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

40

40

🔥

11

3

🟩

18

🟨

8

🟥

14

F John Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

7

7

🔥

3

1

🟩

3

🟨

0

🟥

4

F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

41

41

🔥

13

9

🟩

16

🟨

9

🟥

16

F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

52

52

🔥

16

7

🟩

21

🟨

15

🟥

16

CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

139

139

🔥

10

7

🟩

65

🟨

28

🟥

46

🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Division One

Manchester United

14-9-6. 37 PTS

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Maine Road

Attendance: 37,555

Fielding, Aston, Walton, Warner, Carey, Chilton, Rowley, Pearson (g), Morris, Delaney, Burke (g).

Manager: Matt Busby.

Matt Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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: 1910-11

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

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