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Game #2001

Saturday, 18 October 1947

Attendance: 47,441

Won

Division One

Sheffield United

WWLLW

Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-0

Sheffield United

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

ON THIS DAY

Forward Albert Brown made his Villa debut aged 31 after moving from Nottingham Forest earlier this month.

Aston Villa

Sheffield United

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1924–25

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sheffield United

Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #106 |
Saturday, 18 October 1947

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Alex Massie |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-0 |
Last 5 Games | WWLLW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Sheffield United

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

Ron Guttridge and Albert Brown (debut) replace George Cummings and Billy Goffin.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

MANAGER

Alex Massie

Aston Villa

GK Joe Rutherford |
RB Vic Potts |
CB Frank Moss |
LB Ron Guttridge |
FB Harry Parkes |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
W Les Smith |
F George Edwards |
F Jackie Martin |
F Albert Brown |
CF Trevor Ford |

Sheffield United

White, Cox, Latham, Furniss, Jackson, Forbes, Hagan, Collindridge, Jones, Nightingale, Brook.

Manager: Teddy Davison.

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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