Game #2048
Aston Villa
5-3-9, 13 PTS

Saturday, 13 November 1948
17th=
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
GK Joe Rutherford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Con Martin | ๐ฎ๐ช |
CB Frank Moss | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Harry Parkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB George Cummings | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
LB Dicky Dorsett | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Eddie Lowe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Les Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Jock Mulraney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
F George Edwards | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF Syd Howarth | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
Alex Massie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 1946-1950

Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
F Albert J Brown | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Trevor Ford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
Team News
Syd Howarth replaces Trevor Ford.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa record successive wins for the first time in 1948-49 and first time in 17 games.
Villa keep a clean sheet for the first time in 1948-49 and first time in 17 games.
Villa win away for the first time in 1948-49 at the 8th attempt.
George Edwards wins it with his 9th goal of the season and 9th in his last 11 games.
Villa climb to joint 17th leapfrogging their defeated opponents and open up a three point lead over the bottom two after Everton, their next opposition, beat fellow strugglers Sheffield United.
Starting XI

Won
1-0
๐ฉ 13 Nov 1948, Villa 1-0 Preston, Deepdale
Scorer(s) | George Edwards | 15' |
Assist(s) | Syd Howarth | 15' |
Match Timeline
โฝ | 15' Goal, 1-0, George Edwards, Assist by Syd Howarth
๐ | HT Preston North End 0-1 Aston Villa
โ | 64' Saved penalty, Joe Rutherford
๐ | FT Preston North End 0-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #111 |
Saturday, 13 November 1948
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Alex Massie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Glasgow, 1946-1950
Referee: Jack Flanagan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Sheffield, 1946-1953
HT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: Jack Flanagan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Sheffield, 1946-1953
Match Stats
Not recorded
Alex Massie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 1946-1950
๐ 111 | ๐ฉ | 47 ๐จ 22 ๐ฅ 42 | 1.47
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
What they Said
Division One
Preston North End
4-2-11, 10 PTS
Deepdale
Attendance: 22,289
Newlands, Walton, Scott, Davie, Corbett, Beattie, McIntosh, Langton, Horton, Finney, Bogan.
Manager: Committee.
Management Committee
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐
Last Trophy: 1937โ38
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1948-49
Playing Squad






























