Game #2054
Aston Villa
5-4-14, 14 PTS
Saturday, 25 December 1948


Lost
22nd
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Division One
Wolverhampton Wanderers
10-6-7, 26 PTS
Molineux
Attendance: 39,640
🟥 25 Dec 1948, Villa 0-4 Wolves, Molineux
Wolves
4-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 25 Dec 1948, Villa 0-4 Wolves, Molineux


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 25 December 1948
🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Pye
🥅 | Goal, 0-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Smyth
🥅 | Goal, 0-3, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Pye
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 0-4, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Pye
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 Aston Villa
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
🟥 25 Dec 1948, Villa 0-4 Wolves, Molineux

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 25 December 1948
Villa, without a win in six, lose for the fifth time as they concede four at Molineux without reply.
Villa have now conceded 17, scoring 2, since their first clean sheet of the season on 13 November.
Villa return to rock bottom of the table and are now a point behind Huddersfield and Preston and three behind Everton and Boro, meanwhile Sheffield United are now four ahead.
🟥 25 Dec 1948, Villa 0-4 Wolves, Molineux

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
Wolverhampton Wanderers


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1907-08
🟥 25 Dec 1948, Villa 0-4 Wolves, Molineux
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #117 |
Saturday, 25 December 1948
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🟥 25 Dec 1948, Villa 0-4 Wolves, Molineux
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Stan Roberts | 🏴 | Wallasey
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 117 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 23 🟥 47 | 1.40
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 25 Dec 1948, Villa 0-4 Wolves, Molineux

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Stan Roberts | 🏴 | Wallasey, 1948-
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
🟥 25 Dec 1948, Villa 0-4 Wolves, Molineux

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Alex Massie names an unchanged line up.
Not recorded
🟥 25 Dec 1948, Villa 0-4 Wolves, Molineux
MANAGER
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950

Aston Villa
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
M Ivor Powell | 🏴 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 |
F George Edwards | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Stan Cullis | 🏴 |

Wolverhampton Wanderers
Williams, Wright, Kelly, Shorthouse, Pritchard, Crook, Dunn, Smyth (g) (g), Pye (g) (g), Hancocks, Mullen.
Manager: Stan Cullis.
🟥 25 Dec 1948, Villa 0-4 Wolves, Molineux
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟥 25 Dec 1948, Villa 0-4 Wolves, Molineux
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

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

SQUAD STATS

🟥 25 Dec 1948, Villa 0-4 Wolves, Molineux
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 25 Dec 1948, Villa 0-4 Wolves, Molineux
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟥 25 Dec 1948, Villa 0-4 Wolves, Molineux


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 25 Dec 1948, Villa 0-4 Wolves, Molineux


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