Game #2038
Aston Villa
Saturday, 11 September 1948
Lost
LLDLL
Division One
Attendance: 54,144
Arsenal
Highbury
Arsenal
3-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 11 September 1948
ON THIS DAY
Midfielder Larry Canning, 22, made his Villa debut after joining from Paget Rangers in December 1943. Meanwhile, forward Jackie Martin, 34, made the last of his 91 appearances for Villa during which time he scored 22 goals before retiring from football.
Aston Villa
Arsenal
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1947–48
FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #143 |
Saturday, 11 September 1948
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Alex Massie |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-3 |
Last 5 Games | LLDLL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Alex Massie | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 101 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 20 🟥 38 | 1.48
Career Form:
Top 8
Alex Massie | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Arsenal
TEAM NEWS
Alex Massie hands Larry Canning his debut in place of Albert Brown.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Alex Massie | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones |
FB George Cummings |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
M Eddie Lowe |
M Larry Canning |
W Les Smith |
F Johnny Dixon |
F George Edwards |
F Jackie Martin |
Arsenal
Swindin, Barnes, Scott, Mercer, Macaulay, Compton L, Compton D, Lishman, Roper (g), Jones, Rooke (g) (g).
Manager: Tom Whittaker.
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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