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Game #1938

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 8 January 1946

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

FA Cup

Coventry City

Villa Park

Attendance: 20,000

🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

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Coventry City

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🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 8 January 1946

🟢 | 1' Debut, Billy Goffin
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, Ernie Callaghan
⚽ | 20' Goal, 1-0, Les Smith
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
⚽ | 72' Goal, 2-0, Billy Goffin
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Coventry City

🟥 | Sending off, (Coventry City), Ward

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

🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 8 January 1946
  • Les Smith scores his second official goal of the season as Villa participate in their second official fixture of the 1945-46 season in the third round of the FA Cup which for this campaign will be played as mandatory double headers, home and away, with the aggregate score over both legs deciding which team will progress. 

  • Villa face Division Two side Coventry and win the second leg after being narrowly beaten at Highfield Road to progress to the fourth round.

  • Billy Goffin makes his official debut to become the 394th player to play for Villa in League or Cup football.

🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #394 | Youth team promotion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Coventry City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Coventry City
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Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

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

🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1945-46 |
Matchday | #2 |
Manager Game | #2 |
Tuesday, 8 January 1946

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🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
Referee: G. Salmon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stoke on Trent, 1946-1949
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0 (3-2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

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

🕒 2 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 0 🟥 1 | 1.50

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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

🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: G. Salmon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stoke on Trent, 1946-1949

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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🟥

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

🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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Aston Villa

GK Alan Wakeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Andy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
F Geroge Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Dick Bayliss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Coventry City

Wood
Elliott
Metcalf
Ward 🟥
Mason
Crawley
Warner
Simpson
Barratt
Aldecoa
Matthews

Line Ups

🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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

🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS
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XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS
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🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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None

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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MATCH VIDEO
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