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Game #2077

Aston Villa

16-10-16, 41 PTS

Saturday, 7 May 1949

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Drew

9th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

Division One

Middlesbrough

11-12-19, 34 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 38,051

🟨 7 May 1949, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-1

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Middlesbrough

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Assist(s) | Colin Gibson | 80' |

🟨 7 May 1949, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 May 1949

🥅 | 8' Goal, 0-1, (Middlesbrough), Donaldson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough
⚽ | 80' Goal, 1-1, Dicky Dorsett, Assist by Colin Gibson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough

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

🟨 7 May 1949, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 7 May 1949
  • Villa's season of two halves ends with Alex Massie's side in joint 9th place, categorised as 10th.

  • On New Years Day 1949 Villa had been 22nd, bottom of the table and adrift from safety.

  • One defeat in the following 17 League games and unbeaten in their last 12, Villa executed a meteoric rise from the foot of the table to the top 10 as Trevor Ford, Dicky Dorsett and latterly Johnny Dixon starred whilst Con Martin and Frank Moss grew in such stature that the defence - unable to keep a clean sheet, turned that almost into an art form in their end of season run.

  • Relegation had seemed not just expected but inevitable at the turn of the year, now though 1949-50 was being anticipated with excitement not trepidation.

  • Full back George Cummings made the last of his 232 appearances for Villa aged 35 before retiring from football.

🟨 7 May 1949, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1935-49 🕒 232 | ✅ 232 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 - | #362 |

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Middlesbrough

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Middlesbrough
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Previous 5 vs. Boro: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

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

🟨 7 May 1949, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #140 |
Saturday, 7 May 1949

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🟨 7 May 1949, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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​Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: W. H. Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1938-1949
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 140 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 31 🟥 50 | 1.49

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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

🟨 7 May 1949, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: W. H. Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1938-1949

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

🟨 7 May 1949, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Eddie Lowe and Colin Gibson replace Ivor Powell and Les Smith.

Not recorded

Referee

🟨 7 May 1949, Villa 1-1 Boro, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔴 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Lowe |
W Colin Gibson | 🔥 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Miller Craddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

David Jack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

Ugolini, Blenkinsopp, Robinson, Hardwick, Bell, Mannion, McCrae, Donaldson (g), Gordon, Reagan, Hartnett.

Manager: David Jack.

Line Ups

🟨 7 May 1949, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 7 May 1949, Villa 1-1 Boro, 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

🟨 7 May 1949, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟨 7 May 1949, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 5 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Ivor Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 7 May 1949, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 7 May 1949, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 7 May 1949, Villa 1-1 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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