Game #2022
Aston Villa
13-8-12, 34 PTS

Friday, 26 March 1948
9th
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
FB Albert Vinall | 🏴 | 🟢 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴 |
M Harry Chapman | 🏴 | 🟢 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F George Edwards | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 | 🔥 |
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950

Substitutes
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Unused Substitutes
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Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 5 |
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
F John Graham | 🏴 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
Team News
Alex Massie hands debuts to Albert Vinall and Harry Chapman in place of Frank Moss and Johnny Dixon.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
🟢 | FB Albert Vinall | 🏴 | #408 | Youth team promotion
🟢 | M Harry Chapman | 🏴 | #409 | Free transfer from Ellesmere Port
Final Appearances
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Drew
1-1
🟨 26 Mar 1948, Villa 1-1 Charlton, The Valley
Scorer(s) | Albert J Brown | 12' |
Assist(s) | Trevor Ford | 12' |
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1' Debut, Albert Vinall, Harry Chapman
⚽ | 12' Goal, 1-0, Albert J Brown, Assist by Trevor Ford
🥅 | 16' Goal, 1-1, (Charlton Athletic), Revell
🕒 | HT Charlton Athletic 1-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Charlton Athletic 1-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #85 |
Friday, 26 March 1948

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
Officials
Referee: Unknown
Match Stats
Not recorded
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 85 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 18 🟥 31 | 1.48
Villa Career Form:
Top 8

Division One
Charlton Athletic
12-5-17, 29 PTS

The Valley
Attendance: 39,072
Bartram, Lock, Phipps, Campbell, Whitaker, D’Arcy, Revell (g), Vaughan, Duffy, Hurst, McCrae.
Manager: Jimmy Seed.
Jimmy Seed | 🏴 |

Substitutes
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Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
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Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1946-47
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
Villa stop a run of three defeats with a draw at the Valley as they take outright 9th place in the table in what they hope is the beginning of a return to form.
Albert J Brown scores against his old club as he nets for the first time since December.
Midfielder Harry Chapman and full back Albert Vinall made their Villa debuts after joining from Ellesmere Port and the Birmingham Works League in February 1947 and August 1939 respectively.
Starting XI
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Match Media
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