Game #2066
Aston Villa
11-4-16, 26 PTS
Saturday, 12 March 1949


Won
18th
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Manchester City
12-11-9, 35 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 41,952
🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0

Manchester City

Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 75' |
🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 March 1949
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City
⚽ | 75' Goal, 1-0, Billy Goffin, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester 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
🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 March 1949
Villa bounce back from their first defeat in five League games to beat Manchester City at Villa Park as Johnny Dixon contributes his second assist in three and Billy Goffin scores again.
Villa keep their fifth League clean sheet of the season and having claimed just one up to January 21st now have four in their last six games.
Villa remain 18th but as Chelsea, Everton and Sunderland all lose for Villa to close the gap aboce them to two points.
Everton are up next.
🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, 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
Manchester City


League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37
🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #171 |
Saturday, 12 March 1949
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🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Reg Leafe | 🏴 | Nottingham, -1960
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 129 | 🟩 | 54 🟨 25 🟥 50 | 1.45
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Reg Leafe | 🏴 | Nottingham, -1960
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
🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Billy Goffin replaces George Cummings.
Not recorded
🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MANAGER
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950

Aston Villa
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 |
M Ivor Powell | 🏴 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Jock Thomson | 🏴 |

Manchester City
Swift, Westwood, Sproston, Greenwood, Emptage, Oakes, Fagan, Black, Smith, Linacre, Hart.
Manager: Jock Thomson.
🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, 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
🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

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 🇺
🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park


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🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

