Game #2078
Aston Villa
Saturday, 20 August 1949
Drew
WDWDD
Division One
Manchester City
Attendance: 43,196
Maine Road
Manchester City
3-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 August 1949
ON THIS DAY
Villa are held at Maine Road on the opening day of the season.
Aston Villa
Manchester City
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1949-50 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #183 |
Saturday, 20 August 1949
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Alex Massie |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 3-3 |
Last 5 Games | WDWDD |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Alex Massie | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 141 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 32 🟥 50 | 1.48
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
Manchester City
TEAM NEWS
Alex Massie hands a debut to Jimmy Harrison on the opening day of the 1949-50 season.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Alex Massie | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Joe Rutherford |
FB Jimmy Harrison |
FB Harry Parkes |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
CB Frank Moss |
CB Con Martin |
M Ivor Powell |
W Les Smith |
W Colin Gibson |
W Billy Goffin |
CF Trevor Ford |
MANAGER
Manchester City
Swift, Westwood, Sproston, Emptage, Walsh, Fagan, Black (g), Munro, Smith (g) (g), Linacre, Clarke.
Manager: Jock Thomson.
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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