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Game #2063

Aston Villa

9-4-15, 22 PTS

Saturday, 19 February 1949

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Won

19th

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Manchester United

12-9-6, 33 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 68,354

🟩 19 Feb 1949, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Manchester United

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🟩 19 Feb 1949, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 February 1949

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester United
⚽ | 49' Goal, 1-0, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Ivor Powell
⚽ | 80' Goal, 2-0, Trevor Ford
🥅 | 82' Goal, 1-2, (Manchester United), Rowley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 19 Feb 1949, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 19 February 1949
  • Villa win for the third consecutive game for the first time in 1948-49 and climb to 19th in 22 points, two ahead of bottom two Preston and Huddersfield, and now two behind 17th placed Everton whom Preston have beaten.

  • Up next are Sheffield United, one point ahead of them in the table as Villa have the opportunity to continue their ascent.

🟩 19 Feb 1949, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Manchester United

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1947-48

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester United
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Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Manchester United

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Manchester United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 19 Feb 1949, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #126 |
Saturday, 19 February 1949

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🟩 19 Feb 1949, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Lawrence Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1948-1950
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 126 | 🟩 | 52 🟨 25 🟥 49 | 1.44

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Lawrence Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1948-1950

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 19 Feb 1949, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Alex Massie names an unchanged line up.

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 19 Feb 1949, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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Aston Villa

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Matt Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester United

Crompton, Aston, Carey, McGlen, Cockburn, Chilton, Mitten, Rowley (g), Pearson, Delaney, Burke.

Manager: Matt Busby.

Line Ups

🟩 19 Feb 1949, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

🟩 19 Feb 1949, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟩 19 Feb 1949, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 19 Feb 1949, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 19 Feb 1949, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 19 Feb 1949, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 19 Feb 1949, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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