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

Saturday, 25 December 1948
22nd
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฅ
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 George Cummings | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Harry Parkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Ivor Powell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Eddie Lowe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Les Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Billy Goffin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Trevor Ford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
F George Edwards | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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 | 1 |
F Albert J Brown | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Team News
Alex Massie names an unchanged line up.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
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.
Starting XI

Lost
0-4
๐ฅ 25 Dec 1948, Villa 0-4 Wolves, Molineux
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Pye
๐ฅ
| Goal, 0-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Smyth
๐ฅ
| Goal, 0-3, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Pye
๐ | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Aston Villa
๐ฅ
| Goal, 0-4, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Pye
๐ | 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 | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Stan Roberts | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Wallasey, 1948-1949
HT Score: ๐ฅ 0-3
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
FT Score: ๐ฅ 0-4
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฅ
Officials
Referee: Stan Roberts | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Wallasey, 1948-1949
Match Stats
Not recorded
Alex Massie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 1946-1950
๐ 117 | ๐ฉ | 47 ๐จ 23 ๐ฅ 47 | 1.40
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
What they Said
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 | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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: โ
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐
Last Trophy: 1907-08
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1948-49
Playing Squad





























