Game #2159
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 27 March 1951
Won
LWLWW
Division One
Attendance: 60,102
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0
Wolves
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Tommy Thompson, scored to secure Villa successive League wins for the first time under George Martin, Tuesday, 27 March 1951.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 27 March 1951
ON THIS DAY
George Martin's Villa record successive League wins for the first time and after sixteen League games in charge his record reads four wins, four draws and eight losses. Overall Villa make it eight wins, ten draws and seventeen defeats in thirty five division one games so far this season.
Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1948-49
FIXTURE HISTORY
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Previous 5 vs. Wolves: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1950-51 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #18 |
Tuesday, 27 March 1951
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Martin |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 1-0 |
Last 5 Games | LWLWW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
George Martin | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 18 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 4 🟥 9 | 1.06
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers
TEAM NEWS
George Martin names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
George Martin | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Joe Rutherford |
CB Frank Moss |
FB Peter Aldis |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
FB Harry Parkes |
M Danny Blanchflower |
W Billy Goffin |
W Herbert Smith |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |
CF Davy Walsh |
MANAGER
Stan Cullis | 🏴 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Williams, Short, Shorthouse, Pritchard, Wright, Russell, Broadbent (ex), Walker, Swinbourne, Hancocks, Mullen.
Manager: Stan Cullis.
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
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