Game #2076
Aston Villa
16-9-16, 41 PTS
Saturday, 30 April 1949
Won
10th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
Division One
Birmingham City
11-14-16, 36 PTS
St Andrew's
Attendance: 45,120
🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
Birmingham City
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Les Smith | 6' |
🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 April 1949
⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Miller Craddock, Assist by Les Smith
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 0-1 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
🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 30 April 1949
Villa extend their unbeaten run to eleven as they win for the sixth time across that period.
Villa keep their ninth League clean sheet of the season and having claimed just one up to January 21st now have eight in their last sixteen games.
Villa sit joint 10th alongside Stoke with one game left to play.
Villa had been bottom of the League on New Years Day 1949.
🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
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
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #181 |
Saturday, 30 April 1949
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🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Fred Green | 🏴 | Wolverhampton
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 139 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 30 🟥 50 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Fred Green | 🏴 | Wolverhampton
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
🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Miller Craddock replaces Trevor Ford.
Not recorded
🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
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 Les Smith | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F George Edwards | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
F Miller Craddock | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Bob Brocklebank (ex) | 🏴 |
Birmingham City
Merrick, Green, McDonnell, Duckhouse, Badham, Harris, Ferris, Laing, Dorman, Stewart, Jordan.
Manager: Bob Brocklebank.
🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
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
🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
🕒 | ✅ | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 4 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 30 Apr 1949, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrew's