Game #2032
Aston Villa
Saturday, 21 August 1948
Won
WLWWW
Division One
Attendance: 42,193
Liverpool
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1
Liverpool
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa open the season with a home win over Liverpool.
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 August 1948
ON THIS DAY
Villa open the season with a home win over Liverpool.
Aston Villa
Liverpool
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1946-47
FIXTURE HISTORY
Liverpool
Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #137 |
Saturday, 21 August 1948
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Alex Massie |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-1 |
Last 5 Games | WLWWW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Alex Massie | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 95 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 19 🟥 33 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Alex Massie | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Liverpool
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Alex Massie | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones |
FB George Cummings |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
M Eddie Lowe |
W Les Smith |
W Billy Goffin |
CF Trevor Ford |
F George Edwards |
F Albert Brown |
MANAGER
George Kay | 🏴 |
Liverpool
Sidlow, Paisley, Shepherd, Lambert, Shannon, Taylor, Jones, Watkinson, Fagan, Balmer (g), Liddell.
Manager: George Kay.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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