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Game #1999

Aston Villa

4-3-4, 11 PTS

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Saturday, 4 October 1947

8th=

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 fourth consecutive game.

Not recorded

  • Villa lose to Chelsea for the first time in five games, lose for the fourth time this season and the third time in six away games.

  • Referee Iliffe has more influence on the game than a competent official should with his low point the punishment of Johnny Dixon and Vic Potts for colliding with EACHOTHER. That the ridiculous decision led to a goal was scandal enough, that it was clearly offside blew the minds of the onlookers - including the Villa team and staff.

  • To make matters all the more galling Villa fall back to 8th as Chelsea leapfrog them into 6th.

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Lost

2-4

🟥 4 Oct 1947, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
Scorer(s) | Johnny Dixon | 30' | Trevor Ford (pen) | 56' |

Assist(s) | George Edwards | 30' |

Match Timeline:

🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Campbell
⚽ | 30' Goal, 1-1, Johnny Dixon, Assist by George Edwards
🥅 | 35’ Goal, 1-2, (Chelsea), Campbell
🥅 | Goal, 1-3, (Chelsea), Lawton
🥅 | Goal, 1-4, (Chelsea), Lawton
🕒 | HT Chelsea 4-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 56' Goal, 2-4, Trevor Ford, pen
🕒 | FT Chelsea 4-2 Aston Villa

Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #62 |
Saturday, 4 October 1947

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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
Referee: George Iliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1947-1948
HT Score: 🟥 1-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Referee: George Iliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1947-1948

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 62 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 13 🟥 22 | 1.52

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
64
🟩
25
🟨
0
64
🟨
15
🟥
0
0
🟥
24
1
🥅
17
85
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
41
🟩
15
🟨
0
41
🟨
11
🟥
0
14
🟥
15
5
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
45
🟩
17
🟨
0
45
🟨
10
🟥
1
0
🟥
18
0
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
54
🟩
23
🟨
0
54
🟨
12
🟥
0
0
🟥
19
0
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
44
🟩
22
🟨
0
44
🟨
8
🟥
0
2
🟥
14
0
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
54
🟩
24
🟨
0
54
🟨
11
🟥
0
1
🟥
19
4
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
23
🟩
9
🟨
0
23
🟨
4
🟥
0
9
🟥
10
4
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
20
🟩
8
🟨
0
20
🟨
6
🟥
0
14
🟥
6
3
Sub 2
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Cards
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Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
175
🟩
78
🟨
0
175
🟨
38
🟥
0
0
🟥
59
0
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
62
🟩
27
🟨
0
62
🟨
13
🟥
0
11
🟥
22
5
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
62
🟩
24
🟨
0
62
🟨
14
🟥
0
16
🟥
24
13
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
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🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
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🟩
🟨
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🟥
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Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🟩
🟨
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🟥
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Player Profile

Division One

Chelsea

5-2-3, 12 PTS

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Stamford Bridge

Attendance: 67,789

Robertson, Winter, Bathgate, Harris, Armstrong, Goulden, McInnes, Bowie, Walker, Campbell (g) (g), Lawton (g) (g).

Manager: Billy Birrell.

Billy Birrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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: ❌

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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