Game #2076
Aston Villa
16-9-16, 41 PTS

Saturday, 30 April 1949
10th=
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ
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 Harry Parkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB George Cummings | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
LB Dicky Dorsett | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Ivor Powell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
W Les Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
F George Edwards | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Johnny Dixon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Miller Craddock | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
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 | 4 |
F Albert J Brown | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Billy Goffin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Colin Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Trevor Ford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
Team News
Miller Craddock replaces Trevor Ford.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa extend their unbeaten run to eleven as they win for the sixth time across that period.
Villa keep their ninth League clean sheet of the season and having claimed just one up to January 21st now have eight in their last sixteen games.
Villa sit joint 10th alongside Stoke with one game left to play.
Villa had been bottom of the League on New Years Day 1949.
Starting XI

Won
1-0
๐ฉ 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
Scorer(s) | Miller Craddock | 6' |
Assist(s) | Les Smith | 6' |
Match Timeline
โฝ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Miller Craddock, Assist by Les Smith
๐ | HT Birmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa
๐ | FT Birmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #239 |
Saturday, 30 April 1949
Match Record
Game Record
โManager: Alex Massie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Fred Green | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Wolverhampton, 1948-1949
HT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: Fred Green | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Wolverhampton, 1948-1949
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
Head to Head
Total ๐ 53 | ๐ฉ 23 | ๐จ 16 | ๐ฅ 14 | โฝ 94 | ๐ฅ
70 |
League ๐ 50 | ๐ฉ 21 | ๐จ 15 | ๐ฅ 14 | โฝ 89 | ๐ฅ
70 |
FA Cup ๐ 3 | ๐ฉ 2 | ๐จ 1 | ๐ฅ 0 | โฝ 5 | ๐ฅ
0 |
Home ๐ 26 | ๐ฉ 14 | ๐จ 8 | ๐ฅ 4 | โฝ 52 | ๐ฅ
34 |
Away ๐ 27 | ๐ฉ 9 | ๐จ 8 | ๐ฅ 10 | โฝ 42 | ๐ฅ
36 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Alex Massie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 1946-1950
๐ 139 | ๐ฉ | 59 ๐จ 30 ๐ฅ 50 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
What they Said
Division One
Birmingham City
11-14-16, 36 PTS
St Andrew's
Attendance: 45,120
Merrick, Green, McDonnell, Duckhouse, Badham, Harris, Ferris, Laing, Dorman, Stewart, Jordan.
Manager: Bob Brocklebank.
Bob Brocklebank (ex) | 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: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
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