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Game #2089

Aston Villa

3-5-4, 11 PTS

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Saturday, 15 October 1949

14th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Miller Craddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿|
CF Syd Howarth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950
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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 Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |

Full Backs
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Wingers
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Miller Craddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿|
CF Syd Howarth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Unavailable

Injury | 4 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Eddie Lowe, Con Martin and Syd Howarth replace Amos Moss, Colin Gibson and Trevor Ford.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

🔴 CF Syd Howarth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1948-49 🕒 9 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 3 | 🇺 - | #413 |

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Lost

0-4

🟥 15 Oct 1949, Villa 0-4 United, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 1' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Jack Rowley
🥅 | 13' Goal, 0-2, (Manchester United), Tommy Bogan
🥅 | 32' Goal, 0-3, (Manchester United), Charlie Mitten
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-3 Manchester United
🥅 | 81' Goal, 0-4, (Manchester United), Charlie Mitten
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-4 Manchester United

Season | 1949-50 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #152 |
Saturday, 15 October 1949

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
Referee: R. N. Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oswestry, 1949
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥

Officials

Referee: R. N. Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oswestry, 1949
Linesmen: A. E. Westwood; H. W. Dickens

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 56 | 🟩 26 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 24 | ⚽ 110 | 🥅 95 |
League 🕒 51 | 🟩 25 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 20 | ⚽ 102 | 🥅 79 |
FA Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 16 |
Home 🕒 28 | 🟩 17 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 7 | ⚽ 72 | 🥅 39 |
Away 🕒 28 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 17 | ⚽ 38 | 🥅 56 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 152 | 🟩 | 62 🟨 36 🟥 54 | 1.46

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

Division One

Manchester United

6-4-2, 16 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 47,483

GK Jack Crompton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Johnny Carey | 🇮🇪 |
M Sammy Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB John Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Henry Cockburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Mitten | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Jack Rowley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Stan Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Tommy Bogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Matt Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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: 1947-48

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Jack Crompton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Johnny Carey | 🇮🇪 |
RB John Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Sammy Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Warner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Henry Cockburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Charlie Mitten | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Forwards
CF Jack Rowley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Stan Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tommy Bogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
On This Day
  • After a first minute concession Villa are never in the tame and suffer their biggest defeat of the season and their first at Villa Park.

  • Villa slump to 14th in the table - their lowest position of the season so far.

  • Centre forward Syd Howarth makes his ninth and final appearance for Villa before moving on to Swansea Town in September 1950.

Starting XI
GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

38

38

🔥

0

0

🟩

13

🟨

7

🟥

18

6

🥅

67

LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

126

126

🔥

30

13

🟩

49

🟨

32

🟥

45

CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

46

46

🔥

0

0

🟩

19

🟨

13

🟥

14

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

121

121

🔥

1

1

🟩

47

🟨

29

🟥

45

FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

132

132

🔥

2

2

🟩

56

🟨

31

🟥

45

M Ivor Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

36

36

🔥

1

4

🟩

15

🟨

13

🟥

8

M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

110

110

🔥

3

5

🟩

43

🟨

23

🟥

44

W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

62

62

🔥

22

8

🟩

26

🟨

17

🟥

19

F Miller Craddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

10

10

🔥

1

1

🟩

3

🟨

4

🟥

3

F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

63

63

🔥

18

12

🟩

25

🟨

15

🟥

23

CF Syd Howarth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

9

9

🔥

2

3

🟩

4

🟨

1

🟥

4

Substitutes
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Sub 1

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Sub 2

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Sub 3

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Sub 4

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Sub 5

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Match Media
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