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Game #2051

Aston Villa

5-3-13, 13 PTS

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Saturday, 4 December 1948

21st

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jock Mulraney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950
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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: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jock Mulraney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Forwards
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

Injury | 2 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Amos Moss and George Edwards replace Harry Parkes and Syd Howarth.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

🔴 W Jock Mulraney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1948 🕒 12 | ✅ 12 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 3 | 🇺 - | #411 |

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Lost

0-3

🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 15' Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham City), Stewart
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Birmingham City
🥅 | 66' Goal, 0-2, (Birmingham City), Stewart
🥅 | 71' Goal, 0-3, (Birmingham City), Bodle
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-3 Birmingham City

Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #114 |
Saturday, 4 December 1948

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
Referee: Fred Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1948-1949
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: Fred Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wolverhampton, 1948-1949
Linesmen: N. W. Hillier; R. Thirlwall

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 52 | 🟩 22 | 🟨 16 | 🟥 14 | ⚽ 93 | 🥅 70 |
League 🕒 49 | 🟩 20 | 🟨 15 | 🟥 14 | ⚽ 88 | 🥅 70 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
Home 🕒 26 | 🟩 14 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 52 | 🥅 34 |
Away 🕒 26 | 🟩 8 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 10 | ⚽ 41 | 🥅 36 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 114 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 22 🟥 45 | 1.43

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

Division One

Birmingham City

7-6-7, 20 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 62,414

GK Gil Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Ken Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ted Duckhouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dennis Jennings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Fred Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harold Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jackie Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Johnny Berry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Neil Dougall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Harold Bodle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Walter Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Gil Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Ted Duckhouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Ken Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dennis Jennings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Fred Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Harold Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jackie Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Johnny Berry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Neil Dougall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Harold Bodle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
On This Day
  • Villa lose three successive games for the first time since September as they  surrender at home to neighbours Birmingham with relegation once again a real possibility under Alex Massie.

  • Villa drop to 21st, one point above bottom side Preston.

  • Winger Jock Mulraney made his twelfth and final appearance for Villa aged 32 before moving on to Cradley Heath in August 1949.

Starting XI
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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83

83

🔥

0

1

🟩

33

🟨

19

🟥

31

19

🥅

115

LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

93

93

🔥

24

10

🟩

35

🟨

20

🟥

38

CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

9

9

🔥

0

0

🟩

4

🟨

0

🟥

5

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

85

85

🔥

1

1

🟩

32

🟨

16

🟥

37

LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

213

213

🔥

0

0

🟩

93

🟨

42

🟥

78

M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

9

9

🔥

0

0

🟩

4

🟨

2

🟥

3

M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

101

101

🔥

1

5

🟩

42

🟨

20

🟥

39

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

114

114

🔥

24

15

🟩

47

🟨

22

🟥

45

W Jock Mulraney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

12

12

🔥

2

3

🟩

4

🟨

2

🟥

6

F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

113

113

🔥

34

27

🟩

44

🟨

23

🟥

46

CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

57

57

🔥

32

8

🟩

23

🟨

12

🟥

22

Substitutes
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Sub 2

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Sub 3

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Sub 4

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Sub 5

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Match Media
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