Game #2018
Aston Villa
13-7-9, 33 PTS
Saturday, 28 February 1948
Won
7th=
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Arsenal
18-9-3, 45 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 65,690
🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-2
Arsenal
Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 6' | George Edwards | 71' | 3-2 |
🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 February 1948
⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Trevor Ford, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🥅 | 25' Goal, 1-1, (Arsenal), Frank Moss o.g.
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Arsenal
🥅 | 58' Goal, 1-2, (Arsenal), Rooke
⚽ | 71' Goal, 2-2, Les Smith, Assist by George Edwards
⚽ | Goal, 3-2, Trevor Ford
⚽ | 88' Goal, 4-2, Johnny Dixon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Arsenal
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
🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 28 February 1948
Trevor Ford scores his fourth goal in three games as Villa recover from conceding two goals against the run of play to deservedly beat runaway leaders Arsenal. It's tthee consecutive wins for the first since November as Villa climb back to joint 7th.
🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, 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
Arsenal
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1937-38
🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #123 |
Saturday, 28 February 1948
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🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Henry Pearce | 🏴 | Luton, 1946-
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 81 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 17 🟥 28 | 1.54
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Henry Pearce | 🏴 | Luton, 1946-
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
🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Alex Massie names an unchanged line up.
Not recorded
🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
MANAGER
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴 |
F George Edwards | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Tom Whittaker | 🏴 |
Arsenal
Swindin, Barnes, Scott, Mercer, Macaulay, Compton L, Lewis, Compton D, Roper, Jones, Rooke (g).
Manager: Tom Whitaker.
🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, 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
🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
F John Graham | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park