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Game #1997

Aston Villa

3-3-3, 9 PTS

Saturday, 20 September 1947

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Won

8th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Derby County

2-3-4, 7 PTS

Baseball Ground

Attendance: 32,891

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Derby County

1-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Trevor Ford | 5' | 45' | Johnny Dixon | 21' |

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 September 1947

⚽ | 5' Goal, 1-0, George Edwards, Assist by Trevor Ford
⚽ | 21' Goal, 2-0, Trevor Ford, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🥅 | 43’ Goal, 2-1, (Derby County), Harrison
⚽ | 45' Goal, 3-1, Eddie Lowe, Assist by Trevor Ford
🕒 | HT Derby County 1-3 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Derby County 1-3 Aston Villa

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

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 September 1947
  • Villa score away from home for the first time in 1947-48 to secure their first win on the road as Derby are beaten at the Baseball Ground thanks to Trevor Ford who has a hand in all three first half goals that win it for Villa.

  • Villa climb back to joint 8th.

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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

Derby County

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1945-46

FIXTURE HISTORY
Derby County
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Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

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

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FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #60 |
Saturday, 20 September 1947

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

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

🕒 60 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 13 🟥 21 | 1.52

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Alex Massie names an unchanged line up.

Not recorded

Referee

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MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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Aston Villa

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Stuart McMillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Derby County

Townsend, Leuty, Mozley, Howe, Musson, Bullions, Carter, Oliver, Harrison (g), Steel, Broome (ex).

Manager: Stuart McMillan.

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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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

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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Injury | 1 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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MATCH VIDEO
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