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Game #2013

Aston Villa

10-7-8, 27 PTS

Saturday, 3 January 1948

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Won

8th

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Manchester City

8-8-9, 24 PTS

Maine Road

Attendance: 52,689

🟩 3 Jan 1948, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

Manchester City

0-2

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Aston Villa

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🟩 3 Jan 1948, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 3 January 1948

⚽ | 25' Goal, 1-0, Dicky Dorsett
🕒 | HT Manchester City 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 75' Goal, 2-0, Johnny Dixon
🕒 | FT Manchester City 0-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

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🟩 3 Jan 1948, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 3 January 1948

  • Villa beat City at Maine Road with 19 year old 'keeper Keith Jones outstanding to record their first ever win on 3 January at the 7th attempt (4 draws and 2 defeats).

🟩 3 Jan 1948, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37

Aston Villa

Manchester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

🟩 3 Jan 1948, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #118 |
Saturday, 3 January 1948

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🟩 3 Jan 1948, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: J. H. Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 76 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 17 🟥 26 | 1.53

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🟩 3 Jan 1948, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: J. H. Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Johnny Dixon and Albert Brown replace Billy Goffin and Billy Evans.

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Referee
Manager

🟩 3 Jan 1948, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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Aston Villa

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

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Manchester City

Swift, Westwood, Sproston, Emptage, Walsh, Fagan, Black, Wharton, Smith, Linacre, McMorran.

Manager: Jock Thomson.

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 3 Jan 1948, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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

🟩 3 Jan 1948, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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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 Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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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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