Game #1995
Aston Villa
2-3-2, 7 PTS
Saturday, 13 September 1947


Lost
8th=
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
Division One
Blackpool
5-1-1, 11 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 56,004
🟥 13 Sep 1947, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-1

Blackpool

Assist(s) | None
🟥 13 Sep 1947, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 13 September 1947
🥅 | 12’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackpool), McKnight
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Blackpool
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Blackpool
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
🟥 13 Sep 1947, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 13 September 1947
In Alex Massie's 100th game in charge Villa suffer their first defeat since the opening day of the season as they are beaten by third placed Blackpool at Villa Park.
Villa concede for the first time in four games as they are unluckily beaten by Blackpool who score the only goal of the game despite Villa having the possession and chances to deliver another comfortable home win.
Villa fall back to joint 8th.
🟥 13 Sep 1947, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Blackpool


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟥 13 Sep 1947, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #58 |
Saturday, 13 September 1947
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🟥 13 Sep 1947, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
Referee: William Evans | 🏴 | Liverpool
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 58 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 13 🟥 20 | 1.54
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 13 Sep 1947, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: William Evans | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1947-
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 13 Sep 1947, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Alex Massie names an unchanged line up for the first time this season.
Not recorded
🟥 13 Sep 1947, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MANAGER
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950

Aston Villa
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
LB Ron Guttridge | 🏴 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 |
F George Edwards | 🏴 |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Joe Smith | 🏴 |

Blackpool
Wallace, Farrow, Hayward, Suart, Shimwell, McCormack, Johnston, Matthews, Buchan, McKnight (g), Mortensen.
Manager: Joe Smith.
🟥 13 Sep 1947, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟥 13 Sep 1947, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

🟥 13 Sep 1947, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
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UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 13 Sep 1947, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟥 13 Sep 1947, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 13 Sep 1947, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 3 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Reported
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 13 Sep 1947, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
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