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Game #2009

Aston Villa

9-6-6, 24 PTS

Saturday, 13 December 1947

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Drew

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Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

Division One

Middlesbrough

10-4-6, 24 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 49,188

🟨 13 Dec 1947, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-1

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Middlesbrough

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🟨 13 Dec 1947, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 13 December 1947

🥅 | 31' Goal, 0-1, (Middlesbrough), McCormack
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough
⚽ | 66' Goal, 1-1, Les Smith
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟨 13 Dec 1947, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 13 December 1947
  • Villa extend their unbeaten run to seven but Boro take the lead against the run of play after a long punt upfield but despite almost total attacking domination have to wait until midway throught the second half to grab a deserved equaliser.

  • Despite a third successive draw Villa climb back to joint fourth.

🟨 13 Dec 1947, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Middlesbrough

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Middlesbrough
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Previous 5 vs. Boro: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 13 Dec 1947, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #72 |
Saturday, 13 December 1947

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🟨 13 Dec 1947, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Godfrey Sunderland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1947-1949
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 72 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 16 🟥 24 | 1.56

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Godfrey Sunderland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1947-1949

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 13 Dec 1947, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

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

Not recorded

Referee

🟨 13 Dec 1947, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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Aston Villa

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

David Jack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

Goodfellow, Withaker, Robinson, Hardwick, Bell, Mannion, Walker, Spuhler, Gordon, McCormack (g), Fenton.

Manager: David Jack.

Line Ups

🟨 13 Dec 1947, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 13 Dec 1947, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟨 13 Dec 1947, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 13 Dec 1947, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 13 Dec 1947, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 13 Dec 1947, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

Reports

🟨 13 Dec 1947, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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