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Game #2122

Aston Villa

15-12-15, 42 PTS

Saturday, 6 May 1950

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Lost

12th

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

Division One

Portsmouth

22-9-11, 53 PTS

Fratton Park

Attendance: 41,638

🟥 6 May 1950, Villa 1-5 Portsmouth, Fratton

Portsmouth

5-1

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Aston Villa

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🟥 6 May 1950, Villa 1-5 Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 6 May 1950

🥅 | 1' Goal, 0-1, (Portsmouth), Thompson (15 Seconds)
🥅 | 25' Goal, 0-2, (Portsmouth), Reid
🕒 | HT Portsmouth 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47' Goal, 0-3, (Portsmouth), Reid
🥅 | 71' Goal, 0-4, (Portsmouth), Thompson
🥅 | 79' Goal, 0-5, (Portsmouth), Reid
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 1-5, Dicky Dorsett, pen
🕒 | FT Portsmouth 5-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 6 May 1950, Villa 1-5 Portsmouth, Fratton

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 6 May 1950
  • Villa are beaten at Champions Portsmouth on the final day of the 1949-50 season.

  • Villa finish in 12th place in what proves to be Alex Massie's final game as Villa manager.

🟥 6 May 1950, Villa 1-5 Portsmouth, Fratton

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Manager

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Portsmouth

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1949-50

FIXTURE HISTORY
Portsmouth
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Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 6 May 1950, Villa 1-5 Portsmouth, Fratton

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1949-50 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #185 |
Saturday, 6 May 1950

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🟥 6 May 1950, Villa 1-5 Portsmouth, Fratton

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Arthur Blythe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1947-1952
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-5
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 185 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 45 🟥 66 | 1.44

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 6 May 1950, Villa 1-5 Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Blythe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1947-1952

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 6 May 1950, Villa 1-5 Portsmouth, Fratton

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Miller Craddock and George Edwards replace Les Smith and Trevor Ford.

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Referee

🟥 6 May 1950, Villa 1-5 Portsmouth, Fratton

MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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Aston Villa

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Miller Craddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bob Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Portsmouth

Butler, Spence, Hindmarsh, Ferrier, Flewin, Dickinson, Thompson (g) (g), Phillips, Harris, Reid (g) (g) (g), Froggatt.

Manager: Bob Jackson.

Line Ups

🟥 6 May 1950, Villa 1-5 Portsmouth, Fratton

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 6 May 1950, Villa 1-5 Portsmouth, Fratton

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Squad Bios

🟥 6 May 1950, Villa 1-5 Portsmouth, Fratton

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟥 6 May 1950, Villa 1-5 Portsmouth, Fratton

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 6 May 1950, Villa 1-5 Portsmouth, Fratton

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 3 |
GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 6 May 1950, Villa 1-5 Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 6 May 1950, Villa 1-5 Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 6 May 1950, Villa 1-5 Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH VIDEO
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