Game #2054
Aston Villa
5-4-14, 14 PTS

Saturday, 25 December 1948
22nd
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
M Ivor Powell | 🏴 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 |
F George Edwards | 🏴 |
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950

Substitutes
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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
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴 |
Team News
Alex Massie names an unchanged line up.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None

Lost
0-4
🟥 25 Dec 1948, Villa 0-4 Wolves, Molineux
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Pye
🥅 | Goal, 0-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Smyth
🥅 | Goal, 0-3, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Pye
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 0-4, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Pye
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #117 |
Saturday, 25 December 1948

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Stan Roberts | 🏴 | Wallasey, 1948-1949
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Officials
Referee: Stan Roberts | 🏴 | Wallasey, 1948-1949
Match Stats
Not recorded
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 117 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 23 🟥 47 | 1.40
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table

Division One
Wolverhampton Wanderers
10-6-7, 26 PTS

Molineux
Attendance: 39,640
Williams, Wright, Kelly, Shorthouse, Pritchard, Crook, Dunn, Smyth (g) (g), Pye (g) (g), Hancocks, Mullen.
Manager: Stan Cullis.
Stan Cullis | 🏴 |

Substitutes
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Unused Substitutes
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Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
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Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1907-08
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded

On This Day
Villa, without a win in six, lose for the fifth time as they concede four at Molineux without reply.
Villa have now conceded 17, scoring 2, since their first clean sheet of the season on 13 November.
Villa return to rock bottom of the table and are now a point behind Huddersfield and Preston and three behind Everton and Boro, meanwhile Sheffield United are now four ahead.
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Match Media
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