Game #2017
Aston Villa
12-7-9, 31 PTS
Saturday, 21 February 1948


Won
8th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Chelsea
8-7-14, 23 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 19,082
🟩 21 Feb 1948, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-0

Chelsea

Assist(s) | Trevor Ford | 40' | Johnny Dixon | 50' | Dicky Dorsett | 59' |
🟩 21 Feb 1948, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 February 1948
⚽ | 40' Goal, 1-0, Les Smith, Assist by Trevor Ford
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Chelsea
⚽ | 50' Goal, 2-0, George Edwards, Assist by Johnny Dixon
⚽ | 59' Goal, 3-0, Trevor Ford, Assist by Dicky Dorsett
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Chelsea
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
🟩 21 Feb 1948, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 21 February 1948
Villa record successive wins for the first time since November as Trevor Ford scores for the second successive game to crush Chelsea at Villa Park.
🟩 21 Feb 1948, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

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
Chelsea


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 21 Feb 1948, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #80 |
Saturday, 21 February 1948
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🟩 21 Feb 1948, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: George Iliffe | 🏴 | Leicester, 1947-1948
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 80 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 17 🟥 28 | 1.53
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 21 Feb 1948, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: George Iliffe | 🏴 | Leicester, 1947-1948
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 21 Feb 1948, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Johnny Dixon replaces John Graham.
Not recorded
🟩 21 Feb 1948, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park
MANAGER
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950

Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴 |
F George Edwards | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Billy Birrell | 🏴 |

Chelsea
Medhurst, Winter, Bathgate, Harris, Armstrong, MacAuley, Dyke, McInnes, Walker, Campbell, Bentley.
Manager: Billy Birrell.
🟩 21 Feb 1948, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 21 Feb 1948, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

🟩 21 Feb 1948, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
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UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 21 Feb 1948, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟩 21 Feb 1948, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 21 Feb 1948, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
F John Graham | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 21 Feb 1948, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 21 Feb 1948, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park


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