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Game #2018

Aston Villa

13-7-9, 33 PTS

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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
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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.

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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

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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

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

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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)

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
7
🟩
4
🟨
0
7
🟨
0
🟥
0
0
🟥
3
0
🥅
3
13
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
60
🟩
24
🟨
0
60
🟨
15
🟥
0
18
🟥
21
8
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
64
🟩
26
🟨
0
64
🟨
14
🟥
1
1
🟥
24
0
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
181
🟩
82
🟨
0
181
🟨
38
🟥
0
0
🟥
61
0
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
63
🟩
31
🟨
0
63
🟨
12
🟥
0
2
🟥
20
0
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
81
🟩
36
🟨
0
81
🟨
17
🟥
0
17
🟥
28
9
F Albert J Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
17
🟩
9
🟨
0
17
🟨
4
🟥
0
6
🟥
4
3
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
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33
🟩
14
🟨
0
33
🟨
9
🟥
0
23
🟥
10
4
Sub 2
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Player Profile
Sub 4
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Player Profile
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
69
🟩
31
🟨
0
69
🟨
15
🟥
0
1
🟥
23
4
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
81
🟩
33
🟨
0
81
🟨
18
🟥
0
22
🟥
30
21
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
26
🟩
12
🟨
0
26
🟨
4
🟥
0
11
🟥
10
6
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
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🟥
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Player Profile
Sub 3
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Results
Cards
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Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🟩
🟨
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Player Profile

Division One

Arsenal

18-9-3, 45 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 65,690

Swindin, Barnes, Scott, Mercer, Macaulay, Compton L, Lewis, Compton D, Roper, Jones, Rooke (g).

Manager: Tom Whitaker.

Tom Whittaker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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

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