top of page

Game #2065

Aston Villa

10-4-16, 24 PTS

Saturday, 5 March 1949

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Lost

18th

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Portsmouth

17-8-5, 42 PTS

Fratton Park

Attendance: 34,264

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

Portsmouth

3-0

Villa.gif

Aston Villa

2509-2.png

Assist(s) | None

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 March 1949

🚑 | Player retires from field of play with injury, George Cummings
🥅 | 35' Goal, 0-1, (Portsmouth), Phillips
🚑 | Player returns to field of play with injury, George Cummings
🕒 | HT Portsmouth 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 62' Goal, 0-2, (Portsmouth), Phillips
🚑 | 70' Player retires from field of play with injury, George Cummings
🥅 | 86' Goal, 0-3, (Portsmouth), Froggatt
🕒 | FT Portsmouth 3-0 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

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

Villa.gif
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 5 March 1949
  • Villa's four game winning League run ends as they lose to leaders Portsmouth at Fratton Park.

  • It's hard lines though as they lose George Cummings to injury midway through the first half before his final retirement with 20' to play.

  • Villa remain 18th but are now only two ahaad of the bottom three whilst above them Chelsea, Sunderland and Everton are 3 and four points ahead. Villa play all three in the coming weeks.

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

Villa.gif
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

Portsmouth

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1938-39

FIXTURE HISTORY
Portsmouth
Villa.gif
2509-2.png
Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

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

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

FIXTURE DETAILS
Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #128 |
Saturday, 5 March 1949

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

MATCH SUMMARY
Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Roland Burgess | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Reading, 1948-1954
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Villa.gif
Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 128 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 25 🟥 50 | 1.44

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

Villa.gif
MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Roland Burgess | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Reading, 1948-1954

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
Villa.gif

None

CARDS
2509-2.png

None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

Villa.gif
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

George Cummings and Trevor Ford replace Billy Goffin and Syd Howarth.

Not recorded

Referee

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

Villa.gif
Aston Villa

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🚑 | ❌ |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bob Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

2509-2.png
Portsmouth

Butler, Yeuell, Ferrier, Scoular, Flewin, Dickinson, Phillips (g) (g), Harris, Barlow, Clarke, Froggatt (g).

Manager: Bob Jackson.

Line Ups

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

SUBSTITUTES
Villa.gif

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

2509-2.png
Substitutes

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Villa.gif

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
2509-2.png

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

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

SQUAD STATS
Villa.gif

SQUAD STATS
2509-2.png

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

MATCHDAY SQUAD
Villa.gif

MATCHDAY SQUAD
2509-2.png

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

UNAVAILABLE
Villa.gif

Injury | 1 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
Villa.gif

Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
Villa.gif
2509-2.png
Tables & Programmes
🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
MATCH REPORTS

Opens in New Window

Reports

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
MATCH VIDEO
Videos
bottom of page