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Game #2066

Aston Villa

11-4-16, 26 PTS

Saturday, 12 March 1949

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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

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Manchester City

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Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 75' |

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

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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

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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

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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

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester City

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Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

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

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Reg Leafe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottingham, -1960
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 129 | 🟩 | 54 🟨 25 🟥 50 | 1.45

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Reg Leafe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottingham, -1960

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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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

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Billy Goffin replaces George Cummings.

Not recorded

Referee

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

MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester City

Swift, Westwood, Sproston, Greenwood, Emptage, Oakes, Fagan, Black, Smith, Linacre, Hart.

Manager: Jock Thomson.

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

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

SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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MATCH VIDEO

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