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Game #2018

Aston Villa

13-7-9, 33 PTS

Saturday, 28 February 1948

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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

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Arsenal

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Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 6' | George Edwards | 71' | 3-2 |

🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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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

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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

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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

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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

Arsenal

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1937-38

FIXTURE HISTORY

Arsenal

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Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Henry Pearce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Luton, 1946-
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 81 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 17 🟥 28 | 1.54

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Henry Pearce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Luton, 1946-

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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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

🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Alex Massie names an unchanged line up.

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Referee

🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

Swindin, Barnes, Scott, Mercer, Macaulay, Compton L, Lewis, Compton D, Roper, Jones, Rooke (g).

Manager: Tom Whitaker.

Line Ups

🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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

🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 28 Feb 1948, Villa 4-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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