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Game #1972

Aston Villa

12-5-9, 29 PTS

Saturday, 18 January 1947

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Won

7th

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division One

Arsenal

8-5-12, 21 PTS

Highbury

Attendance: 57,524

🟩 18 Jan 1947, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Highbury

Arsenal

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Aston Villa

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🟩 18 Jan 1947, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 18 January 1947

⚽ | 3' Goal, 1-0, Les Smith
⚽ | 15' Goal, 2-0, Dicky Dorsett
🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-2 Aston Villa
💥 | Missed penalty, Dicky Dorsett
🕒 | FT Arsenal 0-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 18 January 1947

Left back Ron Guttridge, 30, and centre forward Trevor Ford, 23, made their Villa debuts after joining from Prescot Cables FC and Swansea Town in March 1937 and January 1947 respectively.

🟩 18 Jan 1947, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Highbury

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 LB Ron Guttridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟢 CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Arsenal

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1937-38

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1946-47 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #77 |
Saturday, 18 January 1947

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🟩 18 Jan 1947, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Unknown
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 35 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 6 🟥 12 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Trevor Ford and Ron Guttridge make their debuts as Eddie Lowe and Amos Moss return with Frank Moss, Ernie Callaghan, John Graham and Ronnie Starling dropping out.

Not recorded

Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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Aston Villa

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ron Guttridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟢 |

MANAGER

George Allison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK George Swindin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RH Harry Waller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Ernie Collett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Paddy Sloan | 🇬🇧 |
M Alf Fields | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy Rudkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dennis Compton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ian McPherson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Jimmy Logie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ronnie Rooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Reg Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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Substitutes

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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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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MATCH VIDEO

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