Game #2077
Aston Villa
16-10-16, 41 PTS
Saturday, 7 May 1949
9th=
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 | 🔴 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 |
M Eddie Lowe |
W Colin Gibson | 🔥 |
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
Goalkeepers
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Eddie Lowe |
Wingers
W Colin Gibson |
Forwards
F George Edwards | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
F Miller Craddock | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 5 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 |
M Ivor Powell | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 |
Team News
Eddie Lowe and Colin Gibson replace Ivor Powell and Les Smith.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
🔴 LB George Cummings | 🏴 | 1935-49 🕒 232 | ✅ 232 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 - | #362 |
Drew
1-1
🟨 7 May 1949, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Dicky Dorsett | 80' |
Assist(s) | Colin Gibson | 80' |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 8' Goal, 0-1, (Middlesbrough), Andy Donaldson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough
⚽ | 80' Goal, 1-1, Dicky Dorsett, Assist by Colin Gibson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough
Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #140 |
Saturday, 7 May 1949
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: W. H. Nixon | 🏴 | Manchester, 1938-1949
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨
Officials
Referee: W. H. Nixon | 🏴 | Manchester, 1938-1949
Linesmen: J. R. Dunbar; F. B. Cope
Previous 5 vs. Boro: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 60 | 🟩 W31 (52% ) | 🟨 D12 | 🇺(72% ) | 🟥 L17 (28% ) | ⚽ 135 | 🥅 93 | GD 42
Match Stats
Not recorded
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 140 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 31 🟥 50 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Division One
Middlesbrough
11-12-19, 34 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 38,051
GK Rolando Ugolini | 🇮🇹 |
D Tommy Blenkinsopp | 🏴 |
FB Dick Robinson | 🏴 |
FB George Hardwick | 🏴 |
M Harry Bell | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gordon | 🏴 |
W Martin Reagan | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Hartnett | 🇮🇪 |
F Wilf Mannion | 🏴 |
F Alex McCrae | 🏴 |
CF Andy Donaldson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
David Jack | 🏴 |
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
Goalkeepers
GK Rolando Ugolini | 🇮🇹 |
Defenders
D Tommy Blenkinsopp | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB Dick Robinson | 🏴 |
FB George Hardwick | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Harry Bell | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gordon | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Martin Reagan | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Hartnett | 🇮🇪 |
Forwards
F Wilf Mannion | 🏴 |
F Alex McCrae | 🏴 |
CF Andy Donaldson | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa's season of two halves ends with Alex Massie's side in joint 9th place, categorised as 10th.
On New Years Day 1949 Villa had been 22nd, bottom of the table and adrift from safety.
One defeat in the following 17 League games and unbeaten in their last 12, Villa executed a meteoric rise from the foot of the table to the top 10 as Trevor Ford, Dicky Dorsett and latterly Johnny Dixon starred whilst Con Martin and Frank Moss grew in such stature that the defence - unable to keep a clean sheet, turned that almost into an art form in their end of season run.
Relegation had seemed not just expected but inevitable at the turn of the year, now though 1949-50 was being anticipated with excitement not trepidation.
Full back George Cummings made the last of his 232 appearances for Villa aged 35 before retiring from football.
What they Said
