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Game #1989

Aston Villa

Saturday, 23 August 1947

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Lost

LWWLL

Division One

Grimsby Town

Blundell Park

Attendance: 20,532

🟥 23 Aug 1947, Villa 0-3 Grimsby, Blundell Park

Grimsby Town

3-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 23 August 1947

Match Statistics

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 23 August 1947

Villa suffer a shock opening day defeat as they are well beaten at Blundell Park.

🟥 23 Aug 1947, Villa 0-3 Grimsby, Blundell Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Grimsby Town

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

Aston Villa

Grimsby Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Grimsby Town

Previous 5 vs. Grimsby: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 |

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #94 |
Saturday, 23 August 1947

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🟥 23 Aug 1947, Villa 0-3 Grimsby, Blundell Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager | Alex Massie |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-3 |
Last 5 Games | LWWLL |

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Timeline
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MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 52 | 🟩 | 23 🟨 10 🟥 19 | 1.52

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

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Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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Aston Villa

GK Joe Rutherford |
RB Vic Potts |
FB George Cummings |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
CB Frank Moss |
M Eddie Lowe |
W Les Smith |
W Billy Goffin |
F George Edwards |
F Bob Iverson |
CF Trevor Ford |

MANAGER

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Grimsby Town

Tweedy, Blenkinsopp, Taylor, Fisher, Wardle, Johnson (g), Hodgson, Reeve, Clifton, Cairns (g) (g), Briggs.

Manager: Charles Spencer.

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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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
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Red
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

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Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

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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