Game #2055
Aston Villa
6-4-14, 16 PTS

Monday, 27 December 1948
21st
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
M Ivor Powell | 🏴 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴 |
CF Syd Howarth | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F George Edwards | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
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 | 1 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴 |
Johnny Dixon and Syd Howarth replace Les Smith and Billy Goffin.
Not recorded
Villa win for the first time since November 13th and first time in seven games as they go 5-0 against a side that had beaten them 0-4 two days earlier
Syd Howarth opens the scoring before Trevor Ford hits four second half goals.
Villa climb off the bottom of the table climbing one place to 21st but Boro, Sheffield United, Huddersfield and Everton are all back within two points.

Won
5-1
🟩 27 Dec 1948, Villa 5-1 Wolves, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Syd Howarth | 15' | Trevor Ford | 46' | 75' | 78' | 88' |
Assist(s) | George Edwards | 15' | 88' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 15' Goal, 1-0, Syd Howarth, Assist by George Edwards
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
⚽ | 46' Goal, 2-0, Trevor Ford, pen
⚽ | 75' Goal, 3-0, Trevor Ford
⚽ | 78' Goal, 4-0, Trevor Ford
🥅 | 84' Goal, 4-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Dunn
⚽ | 88' Goal, 5-1, Trevor Ford, Assist by George Edwards
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #118 |
Monday, 27 December 1948

Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Stan Roberts | 🏴 | Wallasey, 1948-1949
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩
Referee: Stan Roberts | 🏴 | Wallasey, 1948-1949
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 118 | 🟩 | 48 🟨 23 🟥 47 | 1.42
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Wolverhampton Wanderers
10-6-8, 26 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 63,769
Parsons, Wright, Kelly, Shorthouse, Pritchard, Crook, Dunn (g), Smyth, Pye, Hancocks, Mullen.
Manager: Stan Cullis.
Stan Cullis | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1907-08
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded

