Game #2019
Aston Villa
13-7-10, 33 PTS

Saturday, 6 March 1948
8th=
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
GK Keith Jones | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
CB Frank Moss | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Harry Parkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB George Cummings | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
LB Dicky Dorsett | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
M Eddie Lowe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Les Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Trevor Ford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
F Albert J Brown | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F George Edwards | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Johnny Dixon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Alex Massie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 1946-1950

Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
GK Joe Rutherford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F John Graham | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Team News
Alex Massie names the same line up for a third consecutive game.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa are well beaten at Bramall Lane going into the final seconds 3 down before a last gasp Dicky Dorsett penalty gifts Alex Massie's side a goal and it's back to joint 8th they go.
Starting XI

Lost
1-3
๐ฅ 6 Mar 1948, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
Scorer(s) | Dicky Dorsett | 90' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| 8' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield United), Thompson
๐ฅ
| 36' Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield United), Jones
๐ | HT Sheffield United 2-0 Aston Villa
๐ฅ
| 61' Goal, 0-3, (Sheffield United), Whitelum
โฝ | 90โ Goal, 1-3, Dicky Dorsett, pen
๐ | FT Sheffield United 3-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #82 |
Saturday, 6 March 1948
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Alex Massie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: E. R. Varney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Derby, 1947-1948
HT Score: ๐ฅ 0-2
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
FT Score: ๐ฅ 1-3
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
Officials
Referee: E. R. Varney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Derby, 1947-1948
Match Stats
Not recorded
Alex Massie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 1946-1950
๐ 82 | ๐ฉ | 36 ๐จ 17 ๐ฅ 29 | 1.52
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
What they Said
Division One
Sheffield United
13-17-12, 33 PTS
Bramall Lane
Attendance: 37,775
White, Young, Cox, Furniss, Sloan, Jackson, Whitelum (g), Thompson (g), Collindridge, Jones (g), Brook.
Manager: Teddy Davison.
Teddy Davison | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1924โ25
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1947-48
Playing Squad




























