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Game #1987

Aston Villa

18-9-14, 45 PTS

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Saturday, 17 May 1947

6th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ron Guttridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Billy Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |
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 | 8 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Andy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Arthur Haynes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

George Edwards replaces Eddie Lowe.

Not recorded

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Won

4-2

🟩 17 May 1947, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Billy Evans | 10' | 53' | Bob Iverson | 41' | Johnny Dixon | 61' |

Assist(s) | Les Smith | 10' | George Edwards | 41' | Johnny Dixon | 53' | Billy Evans | 61' |

Match Timeline:

🥅 | 2' Goal, 0-1, (Preston North End), Wilson
⚽ | 10' Goal, 1-1, Billy Evans, Assist by Les Smith
⚽ | 41' Goal, 2-1, Bob Iverson, Assist by George Edwards
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Preston North End
⚽ | 53' Goal, 3-1, Billy Evans, Assist by Johnny Dixon
⚽ | 61' Goal, 4-1, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Billy Evans
🥅 | 71' Goal, 4-2, (Preston North End), McIntosh
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Preston North End

Season | 1946-47 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #50 |
Saturday, 17 May 1947

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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Edward Plinston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1946-1951
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Referee: Edward Plinston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1946-1951

Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

League 🕒 64 | 🟩 33 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 28 | ⚽ 122 | 🥅 102 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 10 |

For the 41st time in 70 games one or other of the sides has scored 3 or more goals. ⚽ Villa 23 Preston 20. Both have done so on 2 occasions.

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 50 | 🟩 | 23 🟨 10 🟥 17 | 1.58

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

52

52

🔥

0

0

🟩

21

🟨

12

🟥

19

13

🥅

70

LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

31

31

🔥

13

4

🟩

12

🟨

9

🟥

10

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

35

35

🔥

0

0

🟩

14

🟨

7

🟥

14

FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

34

34

🔥

2

0

🟩

18

🟨

6

🟥

10

RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

44

44

🔥

0

0

🟩

20

🟨

9

🟥

15

LB Ron Guttridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

10

10

🔥

0

0

🟩

6

🟨

2

🟥

2

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

50

50

🔥

11

5

🟩

23

🟨

10

🟥

17

F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

16

16

🔥

6

3

🟩

6

🟨

4

🟥

6

F Billy Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

3

3

🔥

3

1

🟩

2

🟨

0

🟥

1

F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

50

50

🔥

14

11

🟩

20

🟨

11

🟥

19

CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

149

149

🔥

12

9

🟩

70

🟨

30

🟥

49

🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Division One

Preston North End

17-10-13, 44 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 26,197

Fairbrother, Williams, Watson, Shankly, Scott, Hamilton, Beattie, Wilson (g), McIntosh (g), Garth, Corr.

Manager: Committee.

Management Committee
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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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