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 | #129 |
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, 1948-1960
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, 1948-1960
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
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
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 12 Mar 1949, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park