Game #2028
Aston Villa
17-9-13, 43 PTS
Wednesday, 14 April 1948
Won
4th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Division One
Blackburn Rovers
10-9-20, 29 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 19,394
🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-2
Blackburn Rovers
Assist(s) | Les Smith | 3-1 |
🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 14 April 1948
⚽ | 20' Goal, 1-0, George Edwards
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Les Smith
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Blackburn Rovers, pen), Campbell
⚽ | Goal, 3-1, Billy Goffin, Assist by Les Smith
🥅 | 88' Goal, 3-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Graham
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Blackburn Rovers
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
🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 14 April 1948
Villa win successive games as they score more than two goals in a single game for the first time since February, 10 games previously.
Villa climb to joint 4th - their highest position since December. Up next are third placed Burnley at Turf Moor and a chance for Villa to close the gap to third to one point with two games left to play.
Right back Vic Potts makes the last of his 72 appearances for Villa aged 32 before retiring from football.
🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 RB Vic Potts | 🏴 | 1946-48 🕒 72 | ✅ 72 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 - | #395 |
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Blackburn Rovers
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1927–28
🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #91 |
Wednesday, 14 April 1948
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🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 91 | 🟩 | 40 🟨 19 🟥 32 | 1.53
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, 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
🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Vic Potts and Billy Goffin replace Frank Moss and Harry Chapman.
Not recorded
🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
MANAGER
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Les Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴 |
F George Edwards | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Jack Bruton | 🏴 |
Blackburn Rovers
Hayhurst, Tomlinson, Higgins, Bell, Campbell (g), Pryde, Horton, Baldwin, Langton, Graham (g), Crossan.
Manager: Jack Bruton.
🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, 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
🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, 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 🇺
🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 7 |
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
F John Graham | 🏴 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴 |
FB Albert Vinall | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 14 Apr 1948, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, Villa Park