Game #2018
Aston Villa
13-7-9, 33 PTS

Saturday, 28 February 1948
7th=
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
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 | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950

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 | 2 |
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
F John Graham | 🏴 |
Alex Massie names an unchanged line up.
Not recorded
Trevor Ford scores his fourth goal in three games as Villa recover from conceding two goals against the run of play to deservedly beat runaway leaders Arsenal. It's tthee consecutive wins for the first since November as Villa climb back to joint 7th.

Won
4-2
🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Trevor Ford | 6' | 3-2 | Les Smith | 71' | Johnny Dixon | 88' |
Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 6' | George Edwards | 71' | 3-2 |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Trevor Ford, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🥅 | 25' Goal, 1-1, (Arsenal), Frank Moss o.g.
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Arsenal
🥅 | 58' Goal, 1-2, (Arsenal), Rooke
⚽ | 71' Goal, 2-2, Les Smith, Assist by George Edwards
⚽ | Goal, 3-2, Trevor Ford
⚽ | 88' Goal, 4-2, Johnny Dixon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Arsenal
Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #81 |
Saturday, 28 February 1948

Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Henry Pearce | 🏴 | Luton, 1946-1948
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Referee: Henry Pearce | 🏴 | Luton, 1946-1948
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 81 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 17 🟥 28 | 1.54
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Arsenal
18-9-3, 45 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 65,690
Swindin, Barnes, Scott, Mercer, Macaulay, Compton L, Lewis, Compton D, Roper, Jones, Rooke (g).
Manager: Tom Whitaker.
Tom Whittaker | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1937-38
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded

