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Game #2034

Aston Villa

1-0-2, 2 PTS

Saturday, 28 August 1948

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Lost

15th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Blackpool

1-0-2, 2 PTS

Bloomfield Road

Attendance: 29,815

🟥 28 Aug 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

Blackpool

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 28 Aug 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 August 1948

🥅 | 27' Goal, 0-1, (Blackpool), Mortensen
🚑 | Player retires from field of play with injury, Trevor Ford
🕒 | HT Blackpool 1-0 Aston Villa
🚑 | Player returns to field of play with injury, Trevor Ford
🕒 | FT Blackpool 1-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 28 Aug 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 28 August 1948
  • Villa lose in the north west for the second successive game as they are beaten 0-1 at Bloomfield Road for the third successive season.

🟥 28 Aug 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Blackpool

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackpool
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Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 28 Aug 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #97 |
Saturday, 28 August 1948

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🟥 28 Aug 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
Referee: W. H. Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1938-1949
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 97 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 19 🟥 35 | 1.53

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 28 Aug 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: W. H. Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1938-1949

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 28 Aug 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Jackie Martin replaces Albert Brown.

Not recorded

Referee

🟥 28 Aug 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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Aston Villa

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🚑 |

MANAGER

Joe Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackpool

Robinson, Hayward, Suart, Shimwell, Wardle, Kelly, Johnston, Matthews, McCall, Munro, Mortensen (g).

Manager: Joe Smith

Line Ups

🟥 28 Aug 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 28 Aug 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Squad Bios

🟥 28 Aug 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟥 28 Aug 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 2 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Reported

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 28 Aug 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 28 Aug 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 28 Aug 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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MATCH VIDEO
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