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Game #2012

Aston Villa

9-7-8, 25 PTS

Saturday, 27 December 1947

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Lost

8th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division One

Wolverhampton Wanderers

10-5-8, 25 PTS

Molineux

Attendance: 54,677

🟥 27 Dec 1947, Villa 1-4 Wolves, Molineux

Wolves

4-1

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Aston Villa

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🟥 27 Dec 1947, Villa 1-4 Wolves, Molineux

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 December 1947

🟢 | 1' Debut, Keith Jones
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47' Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Mullen
🥅 | 49' Goal, 0-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Hancocks
⚽ | 52' Goal, 1-2, Les Smith
🥅 | 71' Goal, 1-3, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Westcott
🥅 | 88' Goal, 1-4, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Hancocks
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 Aston Villa

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

🟥 27 Dec 1947, Villa 1-4 Wolves, Molineux

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 27 December 1947
  • Following the injury calamities of the previous day, Villa come to Molineux with a novice 'keeper..

  • Goalkeeper Keith Jones makes his Villa debut after Joe Rutherford is ruled out with a dislocated finger suffered on Boxing Day and with Alan Wakeman already ruled out with a broke wrist. Jones, 19, had joined from Kidderminster Harriers in May 1946.

  • Villa fall back to joint 8th in the table after their two defeats as Wolves climb into fifth.

🟥 27 Dec 1947, Villa 1-4 Wolves, Molineux

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #407 | Youth team promotion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1907-08

FIXTURE HISTORY
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Wolverhampton Wanderers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 27 Dec 1947, Villa 1-4 Wolves, Molineux

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #75 |
Saturday, 27 December 1947

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🟥 27 Dec 1947, Villa 1-4 Wolves, Molineux

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Jack Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1946-1950
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

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

🕒 75 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 17 🟥 26 | 1.51

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jack Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1946-1950

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

🟥 27 Dec 1947, Villa 1-4 Wolves, Molineux

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Keith Jones (debut) and Billy Goffin replace Joe Rutherford and Albert Brown.

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Referee

🟥 27 Dec 1947, Villa 1-4 Wolves, Molineux

MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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Aston Villa

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ted Vizard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

Williams, Wright, McLean, Kelly, Shorthouse, Crook, Dunn, Pye, Hancocks (g) (g), Westcott (g), Mullen (g).

Manager: Edward Vizard.

Line Ups

🟥 27 Dec 1947, Villa 1-4 Wolves, Molineux

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 27 Dec 1947, Villa 1-4 Wolves, Molineux

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

🟥 27 Dec 1947, Villa 1-4 Wolves, Molineux

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 4 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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MATCH VIDEO
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