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Game #2097

Aston Villa

5-9-6, 19 PTS

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Saturday, 10 December 1949

13th

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Jimmy Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Ivor Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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

Midfielders
M Ivor Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Wingers
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

Injury | 2 |
GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Miller Craddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Trevor Ford replaces Colin Gibson.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Drew

1-1

🟨 10 Dec 1949, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Trevor Ford | 35' |

Assist(s) | Jimmy Harrison | 35' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 35’ Goal, 1-0, Trevor Ford, Assist by Jimmy Harrison
🥅 | 40’ Goal, 1-1, (Birmingham City), John Jordan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Birmingham City
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Birmingham City

Season | 1949-50 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #160 |
Saturday, 10 December 1949

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: William Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1947-1952
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

Officials

Referee: William Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1947-1952
Linesmen: A. H. Tolley; D. R. Wildman

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 54 | 🟩 23 | 🟨 17 | 🟥 14 | ⚽ 95 | 🥅 71 |
League 🕒 51 | 🟩 21 | 🟨 16 | 🟥 14 | ⚽ 90 | 🥅 71 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
Home 🕒 27 | 🟩 14 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 53 | 🥅 35 |
Away 🕒 27 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 10 | ⚽ 42 | 🥅 36 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 160 | 🟩 | 64 🟨 40 🟥 56 | 1.45

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

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

Division One

Birmingham City

2-6-12, 10 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 45,008

GK Gil Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Arthur Atkins | 🇯🇵 |
D Jack Badham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dennis Jennings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Len Boyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jackie Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Johnny Berry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Jordan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Jimmy Higgins | 🇮🇪 |
F Bobby Brennan | 🇮🇪 |
F Don Dorman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bob Brocklebank (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Gil Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Arthur Atkins | 🇯🇵 |
D Jack Badham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
LB Dennis Jennings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfiedlers
M Len Boyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Jackie Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Johnny Berry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F John Jordan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jimmy Higgins | 🇮🇪 |
F Bobby Brennan | 🇮🇪 |
F Don Dorman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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On This Day
  • Villa deservedly take the lead against neighbours Birmingham after an almost permanent first half seige before the City's lesser team luck in with a quick equaliser and Villa cannot make their superiority count.

Starting XI
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

119

119

🔥

0

1

🟩

47

🟨

33

🟥

39

29

🥅

164

FB Jimmy Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

7

7

🔥

1

1

🟩

2

🟨

5

🟥

0

CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

54

54

🔥

0

0

🟩

21

🟨

17

🟥

16

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

129

129

🔥

1

1

🟩

49

🟨

33

🟥

47

FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

140

140

🔥

2

2

🟩

58

🟨

35

🟥

47

LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

134

134

🔥

30

14

🟩

51

🟨

36

🟥

47

M Ivor Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

44

44

🔥

1

4

🟩

17

🟨

17

🟥

10

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

142

142

🔥

27

22

🟩

58

🟨

33

🟥

51

F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

130

130

🔥

38

31

🟩

49

🟨

32

🟥

49

F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

71

71

🔥

21

12

🟩

27

🟨

19

🟥

25

CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

97

97

🔥

51

19

🟩

37

🟨

28

🟥

32

Substitutes
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GK Sub

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Sub 1

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🔥

Sub 2

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Sub 3

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🔁

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Sub 4

🟩

🟨

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Sub 5

🟩

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Match Media
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