Game #2045
Aston Villa
3-3-8, 9 PTS

Saturday, 23 October 1948
20th
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
FB Derek Ashton | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 |
W Jock Mulraney | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F George Edwards | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Syd Howarth | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔥 |
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950

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 | 2 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
International Duty | 1 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 |
Joe Rutherford and Syd Howarth (debut) replace Keith Jones and Trevor Ford.
Not recorded
Villa win for the second time in four and it's a 4-3 Villa Park victory once again.
Jock Mulraney scores for the second successive home game.
Villa remain 20th but move two clear of the bottom two as Everton lose and Sheffield United draw,
Centre forward Syd Howarth makes his Villa debut aged 25 after moving from Merthyr Tydfil in June 1948 for a fee of £6,500.

Won
4-3
🟩 23 Oct 1948, Villa 4-3 Charlton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Jock Mulraney | 1' | Dicky Dorsett | 38' | 82' | George Edwards | 70' |
Assist(s) | Jock Mulraney | 70' | Syd Howarth | 82' |
Match Timeline:
🟢 | 1' Debut, Syd Howarth
⚽ | 1' Goal, 1-0, Jock Mulraney
🚑 | 8' Player retires from field of play with injury, George Edwards
🚑 | 18' Player returns to field of play, George Edwards
🥅 | 18' Goal, 1-1, (Charlton Athletic), Brown
🥅 | 35' Goal, 1-2, (Charlton Athletic), Vaughan
⚽ | 38' Goal, 2-2, Dicky Dorsett
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-2 Charlton Athletic
🥅 | 48' Goal, 2-3, (Charlton Athletic), Con Martin og
⚽ | 70' Goal, 3-3, George Edwards, Assist by Jock Mulraney
⚽ | 82' Goal, 4-3, Dicky Dorsett, Assist by Syd Howarth
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-3 Charlton Athletic
Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #108 |
Saturday, 23 October 1948

Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
Referee: R. C. Carter | 🏴 | Swindon, 1948-1952
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Referee: R. C. Carter | 🏴 | Swindon, 1948-1952
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
🟢 CF Syd Howarth | 🏴 | #413 | £6,500 signing from Merthyr Tydfil
Final Appearances:
None
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 108 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 22 🟥 41 | 1.45
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Charlton Athletic
5-7-2, 17 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 49,769
Bartram, Lock, Phipps, Shreeve, Brown (g), Fenton, Revell, Vaughan (g), Duffy, Hurst, O’Linn.
Manager: Jimmy Seed.
Jimmy Seed | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1946-47
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded

