Game #1993
Aston Villa
1-3-1, 5 PTS

Saturday, 6 September 1947
11th=
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 |
F George Edwards | 🏴 |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 |
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950

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 | 1 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴 |
Dicky Dorsett replaces Billy Goffin.
Not recorded
Villa without an away goal in three games this season secure their second successive 0-0 draw on the road, this time against Blackburn who win their first point in five games.
Having been dropped from the Sunderland game due to his errant individualism, Dicky Dorsett is recalled by Alex Massie after Billy Goffin falls ill on the journey north.

Drew
0-0
🟨 6 Sep 1947, Villa 0-0 Blackburn, Ewood
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #56 |
Saturday, 6 September 1947

Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
Referee: Edward Plinston | 🏴 | Warrington, 1946-1951
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
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Referee: Edward Plinston | 🏴 | Warrington, 1946-1951
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 56 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 13 🟥 19 | 1.52
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Blackburn Rovers
0-1-3, 1 PTS

Ewood Park
Attendance: 24,772
Marks, Tomlinson, Higgins, Bell, Campbell, Pryde, Baldwin, Oakes, Venters, Weir, Langton.
Manager: Jack Bruton.
Will Scott | 🏴 |

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
