Game #2051
Aston Villa
5-3-13, 13 PTS
Saturday, 4 December 1948


Lost
21st
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Division One
Birmingham City
7-6-7, 20 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 62,414
🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-3

Birmingham City

Assist(s) | None
🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 4 December 1948
🥅 | 15' Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham City), Stewart
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Birmingham City
🥅 | 66' Goal, 0-2, (Birmingham City), Stewart
🥅 | 71' Goal, 0-3, (Birmingham City), Bodle
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-3 Birmingham City
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
🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 4 December 1948
Villa struggling at the foot of the first division surrender at home to neighbours Birmingham with relegation a real possibility under Alex MAssie.
Winger Jock Mulraney made his twelfth and final appearance for Villa aged 32 before moving on to Cradley Heath in August 1949.
🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, 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
Birmingham City


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #156 |
Saturday, 4 December 1948
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🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
Referee: F. C. Green | 🏴 | Wolverhampton
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 114 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 22 🟥 45 | 1.43
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: F. C. Green | 🏴 | Wolverhampton
REFEREE PROFILE
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
CARDS

CARDS

🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Amos Moss and George Edwards replace Harry Parkes and Syd Howarth.
Not recorded
🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, Villa Park
MANAGER
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950

Aston Villa
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 |
W Jock Mulraney | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 |
F George Edwards | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Walter Taylor | 🏴 |

Birmingham City
Merrick, Green, Duckhouse, Jennings, Harris, Mitchell, Dougall, Bodle (g), Roberts, Stewart (g) (g), Berry.
Manager: Walter Taylor.
🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, 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
🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
🕒 | ✅ | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 4 Dec 1948, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, Villa Park


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