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Game #2020

Aston Villa

13-7-11, 33 PTS

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Saturday, 20 March 1948

9th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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 | 3 |
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Vic Potts replaces Eddie Lowe.

Not recorded

  • An early goal after 30 seconds and yet another injury put paid to Villa's hopes at Deepdale against title chasing Preston as Alex Massie's side fall to a second successive defeat.

  • Villa now have six defeats in their last 10 games and 4 wins, failing to score for the second time in six.

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Lost

0-3

🟥 20 Mar 1948, Villa 0-3 Preston, Deepdale
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline:

🥅 | 1' Goal, 0-1, (Preston North End), Hannah (30 Seconds)
🥅 | 15' Goal, 0-2, (Preston North End), McClure
🚑 | 40' Player retires from field of play with injury, Les Smith, concussion
🕒 | HT Preston North End 2-0 Aston Villa
🚑 | 46' Player returns to field of play with injury, Les Smith, concussion
🥅 | 61' Goal, 0-3, (Preston North End), McLaren
🕒 | FT Preston North End 3-0 Aston Villa

Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #83 |
Saturday, 20 March 1948

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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: E. W. Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Epsom, 1938-1952
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Referee: E. W. Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Epsom, 1938-1952

Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

League 🕒 66 | 🟩 34 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 29 | ⚽ 126 | 🥅 106 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 10 |

For the 43rd time in 72 games one or other of the sides has scored 3 or more goals. ⚽ Villa 24 Preston 21. Both have done so on 2 occasions.

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 83 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 17 🟥 30 | 1.51

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
9
🟩
4
🟨
0
9
🟨
0
🟥
0
0
🟥
5
0
🥅
3
19
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
62
🟩
24
🟨
0
62
🟨
15
🟥
0
19
🟥
23
8
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
66
🟩
26
🟨
0
66
🟨
14
🟥
1
1
🟥
26
0
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
71
🟩
29
🟨
0
71
🟨
16
🟥
0
0
🟥
26
1
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
65
🟩
31
🟨
0
65
🟨
12
🟥
0
2
🟥
22
0
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
83
🟩
36
🟨
0
83
🟨
17
🟥
0
17
🟥
30
9
F Albert J Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
19
🟩
9
🟨
0
19
🟨
4
🟥
0
6
🟥
6
3
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
35
🟩
14
🟨
0
35
🟨
9
🟥
0
23
🟥
12
4
Sub 2
Games
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Cards
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Sub 4
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Results
Cards
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Player Profile
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
183
🟩
82
🟨
0
183
🟨
38
🟥
0
0
🟥
63
0
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
83
🟩
33
🟨
0
83
🟨
18
🟥
0
22
🟥
32
21
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
28
🟩
12
🟨
0
28
🟨
4
🟥
0
11
🟥
12
6
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
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🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
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

Preston North End

18-6-8, 42 PTS

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Deepdale

Attendance: 28,001

Gooch, Walton, Gray, Waters, Dougall, Anders, McLaren (g), McClure (g), Jackson, Horton, Hannah (g).

Manager: Committee.

Management Committee
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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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