Game #2065
Aston Villa
10-4-16, 24 PTS
Saturday, 5 March 1949


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

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton


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

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

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


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1938-39
🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #128 |
Saturday, 5 March 1949
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🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
MATCH SUMMARY


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: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 128 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 25 🟥 50 | 1.44
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Roland Burgess | 🏴 | Reading, 1948-1954
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
🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
George Cummings and Trevor Ford replace Billy Goffin and Syd Howarth.
Not recorded
🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
MANAGER
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950

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 | 🏴 |

Portsmouth
Butler, Yeuell, Ferrier, Scoular, Flewin, Dickinson, Phillips (g) (g), Harris, Barlow, Clarke, Froggatt (g).
Manager: Bob Jackson.
🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
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UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 5 Mar 1949, Villa 0-3 Portsmouth, Fratton
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

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

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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


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


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