Game #2021
Aston Villa
13-7-12, 33 PTS
Monday, 22 March 1948


Lost
9th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Division One
Manchester United
14-13-6, 41 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 52,368
🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-1

Manchester United

Assist(s) | None
🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 22 March 1948
🥅 | 15' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Pearson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United
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
🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Monday, 22 March 1948
Villa's strange run continues as they look as toothless as they have all season and are beaten for the third successive game - the first time they have done so this season.
Villa fail to score for the second successive game for the first time since September.
🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, 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
Manchester United


League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1910-11
🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #84 |
Monday, 22 March 1948
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🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 84 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 17 🟥 31 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
REFEREE PROFILE
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
🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Eddie Lowe replaces Vic Potts.
Not recorded
🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, 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 | 🏴 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴 |
F George Edwards | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Matt Busby | 🏴 |

Manchester United
Crompton, Aston, Lynn, Carey, Anderson, Chilton, Mitten, Rowley, Pearson (g), Morris, Delaney.
Manager: Matt Busby.
🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period

🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, 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

🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, 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 🇺
🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 3 |
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
F John Graham | 🏴 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS









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🟥 22 Mar 1948, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park

