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Game #1998

Aston Villa

4-3-3, 11 PTS

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Saturday, 27 September 1947

6th

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
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 | 1 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Alex Massie names the same line up for a third consecutive game.

Not recorded

  • Villa win successive games for the first time this season and make it four wins in their last seven as Trevor Ford contributes his fourth goal involvement in two games and Johnny Dixon scores his second of the season since his to the side.

  • Villa climb to outright sixth in the table one point ahead of Chelsea who they face next.

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Won

2-1

🟩 27 Sep 1947, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Trevor Ford | 32' | Johnny Dixon | 82' |

Assist(s) | Dicky Dorsett | 32' | Eddie Lowe | 82' |

Match Timeline:

🥅 | 29’ Goal, 0-1, (Huddersfield Town), Thompson
⚽ | 32' Goal, 1-1, Trevor Ford, Assist by Dicky Dorsett
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Huddersfield Town
⚽ | 82' Goal, 2-1, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Eddie Lowe
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Huddersfield Town

Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #61 |
Saturday, 27 September 1947

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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
Referee: George Tedds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottingham, 1947-1948
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Referee: George Tedds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottingham, 1947-1948

Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 61 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 13 🟥 21 | 1.54

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

63

63

🔥

0

1

🟩

25

🟨

15

🟥

23

17

🥅

81

LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

40

40

🔥

14

5

🟩

15

🟨

11

🟥

14

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

44

44

🔥

0

0

🟩

17

🟨

10

🟥

17

RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

53

53

🔥

0

0

🟩

23

🟨

12

🟥

18

FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

43

43

🔥

2

0

🟩

22

🟨

8

🟥

13

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

174

174

🔥

0

0

🟩

78

🟨

38

🟥

58

M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

53

53

🔥

1

4

🟩

24

🟨

11

🟥

18

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

61

61

🔥

11

5

🟩

27

🟨

13

🟥

21

F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

22

22

🔥

8

4

🟩

9

🟨

4

🟥

9

F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

61

61

🔥

16

12

🟩

24

🟨

14

🟥

23

CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

19

19

🔥

13

3

🟩

8

🟨

6

🟥

5

🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Division One

Huddersfield Town

3-2-5, 8 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 46,103

Hesford, Hepplewhite, Hayes, Metcalfe, Watson, Boot, Barker, Whittingham, Thompson (g), Smith, Hutchinson.

Manager: George Stephenson.

George Stephenson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1925-26

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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