Game #2076
Aston Villa
16-9-16, 41 PTS
Saturday, 30 April 1949
10th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 |
M Ivor Powell | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F George Edwards | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
F Miller Craddock | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 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: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 4 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 |
Team News
Miller Craddock replaces Trevor Ford.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Won
1-0
🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
Scorer(s) | Miller Craddock | 6' |
Assist(s) | Les Smith | 6' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Miller Craddock, Assist by Les Smith
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | 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
Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Fred Green | 🏴 | Wolverhampton, 1948-1949
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
Officials
Referee: Fred Green | 🏴 | Wolverhampton, 1948-1949
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 53 | 🟩 23 | 🟨 16 | 🟥 14 | ⚽ 94 | 🥅 70 |
League 🕒 50 | 🟩 21 | 🟨 15 | 🟥 14 | ⚽ 89 | 🥅 70 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
Home 🕒 26 | 🟩 14 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 52 | 🥅 34 |
Away 🕒 27 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 10 | ⚽ 42 | 🥅 36 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 139 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 30 🟥 50 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
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) | 🏴 |
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: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
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.
What they Said