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1945-46

Season Summary

Division
League
Pos
FA
FA Cup Progress
EFL
League Cup Progress
Europe
European Progress
n/a
n/a
Quarter Final
n/a
n/a
Season Summary

1945-46

Kit

Kits

1945-46

Player Records

Top Scorer
League ⚽
FA Cup ⚽
EFL Cup ⚽
Europe ⚽
Other ⚽
6 | Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
n/a
6
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most Assists
Most Goal Involvements
Most Appearances
Most Starts
8 | 7 Players
8 | 7 Players
Most Cards
Records

1945-46

Biggest Wins

Biggest League Win
n/a
Cup Biggest Win h
Cup Biggest Win a
Biggest Cup Win
9-1 vs. Millwall, FA Cup
Biggest Wins

1945-46

Manager Performance

Manager
DateFrom
DateTo
P
W
D
L
U
W%
L%
U%
CS%
PPG
League PPG
Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
25 Aug 1945
Ongoing
8
5
1
2
6
63%
25%
75%
38%
2.00
n/a
Manager

1945-46

Season Performance

🕒
🟩
🟥
⚽
🥅
GD
Goal Ratio
Goals per Game
Against per Game
Clean Sheets
Clean Sheet %
🟩 %
🟥 %
Unbeaten
Points per Game
8
5
2
22
10
12
2.2
2.75
1.25
3
38%
63%
25%
75%
2.00

League Performance

🕒
🟩
🟥
⚽
🥅
GD
Goal Ratio
Goals per Game
Against per Game
Clean Sheets
Clean Sheet %
🟩 %
🟥 %
Unbeaten
Points per Game

Sequences

Longest Winning Run
Longest Unbeaten Run
Longest No Win Run
Longest Losing Run
5
5
1
Stats

1945-46

League Table

League Table

Position
Club
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
Previous 5

1945-46

Fixture List

Fixtures

1945-46

Transfers In

Player
Aged
Date
From
Fee
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #390 |
19
August 1939
Boldmere St. Michael's
Free
D Jack Morby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #392 |
23
December 1943
Hednesford Town
Free
D Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #394 |
19
May 1945
Kynoch Works FC
Free
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #395 |
29
August 1945
Doncaster Rovers
Free
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #393 |
27
October 1945
Brentford
£7,500
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #396 |
22
January 1946
Spennymoor United
Free
W Arthur Haynes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #400 |
21
January 1946
Paget Rangers
Free
GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #407 |
17
May 1946
Kidderminster Harriers
Youth
FB Derek Ashton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #398 |
23
May 1946
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Free
Transfers In

1945-46

Transfers Out

Player
Aged
Date
To
Fee
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #376 |
33
October 1945
Wrexham
Free
CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |
30
November 1945
Huddersfield Town
Free
Transfers Out

1945-46

Debut Appearances

Debut

1945-46

Final Appearances

Final

1945-46

Goalkeepers

Player
🆕
🔴
Age
#
Ap
🕒
🔁
Inv
⚽
🔥
🟨
🟥
🇺
Career to Date
GK Alan Wakeman
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
24
#
8
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1938- | 14 | 0 |
Goalkeepers

1945-46

Defenders

Player
🆕
🔴
Age
#
Ap
🕒
🔁
Inv
⚽
🔥
🟨
🟥
🇺
Career to Date
CB Jack Morby
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
🆕
🔴
25
#
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1946 | 3 | 0 |
CB Frank Moss 1938-55
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
27
#
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1938- | 2 | 0 |
Defenders

1945-46

Full Backs

Player
🆕
🔴
Age
#
Ap
🕒
🔁
Inv
⚽
🔥
🟨
🟥
🇺
Career to Date
FB Harry Parkes
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
🆕
25
#
8
8
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1946- | 8 | 1 |
LB George Cummings
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
32
#
8
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1935- | 133 | 0 |
RB Vic Potts
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
🆕
30
#
8
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1946- | 8 | 0 |
RB Ernie Callaghan
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
35
#
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1933- | 131 | 0 |
Full Backs

1945-46

Midfielders

Player
🆕
🔴
Age
#
Ap
🕒
🔁
Inv
⚽
🔥
🟨
🟥
🇺
Career to Date
M Eddie Lowe
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
🆕
20
#
8
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1946- | 8 | 0 |
Midfielders

1945-46

Wingers

Player
🆕
🔴
Age
#
Ap
🕒
🔁
Inv
⚽
🔥
🟨
🟥
🇺
Career to Date
W Les Smith
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
🆕
27
#
8
8
0
4
4
0
0
0
0
1946- | 8 | 4 |
W Billy Goffin
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
🆕
24
#
7
7
0
5
5
0
0
0
0
1946- | 7 | 5 |
W Andy Kerr
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
28
#
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1936- | 29 | 4 |
Wingers

1945-46

Forwards

Player
🆕
🔴
Age
#
Ap
🕒
🔁
Inv
⚽
🔥
🟨
🟥
🇺
Career to Date
F George Edwards
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
27
#
8
8
0
4
4
0
0
0
0
1938- | 11 | 4 |
F Bob Iverson
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
34
#
8
8
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
1936- | 121 | 9 |
F Frank Broome
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
30
#
6
6
0
6
6
0
0
0
0
1935- | 150 | 91 |
F Jackie Martin
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
31
#
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1936- | 25 | 9 |
Forwards

1945-46

Out on Loan / Youth / Other

Player
Age
#
Fee
Loan to
Loans
Appearances

1945-46

Substitutes

Player
All
Lg
FA
LC
EU

Unused Substitutes

Player
Unused
Subs

1945-46

Goals

Assists

Player
Assists
Goals

1945-46

Bookings

Player
🟨

Sendings Off

Player
🟥
Cards

1945-46

'Keepers

Player
Games
Goals Conceded
Conceded per Game
Clean Sheets
Clean Sheet %
GK Alan Wakeman
8
10
1.25
3
38%
Keepers
Matches

1945-46

Matches

🟥 5 Jan 1946, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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Game #1937

Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Season | 1945-46 |
Matchday | #25 |
Manager Game | #25 |
Saturday, 5 January 1946

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Les Smith |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

Wakeman
Potts
Cummings
Parkes
Callaghan
Lowe
Kerr
Martin
Edwards
Iverson
Smith

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

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On This Day

Villa participate in their first official fixture of the 1945-46 season as they enter the FA Cup which for this campaign will be played as mandatory double headers, home and away, with the aggregate score over both legs deciding which team will progress. Villa face Division Two side Coventry at Highfield Road but are narrowly beaten ahead of the second leg at Villa Park.

🟩 8 Jan 1946, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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Game #1938

Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

Season | 1945-46 |
Matchday | #26 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Tuesday, 8 January 1946

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Les Smith | 27' | Billy Goffin | 47' |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

Wakeman
Potts
Cummings
Parkes
Callaghan
Lowe
Kerr
Goffin
Edwards
Iverson
Smith

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

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On This Day

Villa participate in their second official fixture of the 1945-46 season in the third round of the FA Cup which for this campaign will be played as mandatory double headers, home and away, with the aggregate score over both legs deciding which team will progress. Villa face Division Two side Coventry and win the second leg after being narrowly beaten at Highfield Road to progress to the fourth round.

🟩 26 Jan 1946, Villa 4-2 Millwall, The Den.

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Game #1939

Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Season | 1945-46 |
Matchday | #29 |
Manager Game | #29 |
Saturday, 26 January 1946

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Billy Goffin | George Edwards | George Edwards | Les Smith |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

Wakeman
Potts
Cummings
Parkes
Callaghan
Lowe
Broome
Goffin
Edwards
Iverson
Smith

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

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On This Day

Villa participate in their third official fixture of the 1945-46 season in the fourth round of the FA Cup which for this campaign will be played as mandatory double headers, home and away, with the aggregate score over both legs deciding which team will progress. Villa face Division Two side Millwall and win the first leg at the Den.

🟩 28 Jan 1946, Villa 9-1 Millwall, Villa Park

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Game #1940

Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 5-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 9-1
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 13-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1945-46 |
Matchday | #30 |
Manager Game | #30 |
Wednesday, 8 February 1939

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Frank Broome (1-0) | George Edwards (2-0) | Les Smith (3-0) | Frank Broome (4-1) | Bob Iverson (5-1) | Frank Broome (6-1) | Billy Goffin (7-1) | Harry Parkes (8-1) | Billy Goffin (9-1) |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Alan Wakeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jack Morby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK Dunkley
RB Reg Dudley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ted Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
WH Tommy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
WH Fred Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tom Brolly | 🇮🇪 |
U Tyler
U Gregson
U Penton
F Jimmy Jinks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Frank Broome
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, George Edwards
⚽ | 18’ Goal, 3-0, Les Smith
🥅 | Goal, 3-1, (Millwall) J R Smith
⚽ | Goal, 4-1, Frank Broome
⚽ | Goal, 5-1, BobIverson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 5-1 Millwall
⚽ | Goal, 6-1, Frank Broome
⚽ | Goal, 7-1, Billy Goffin
⚽ | Goal, 8-1, Harry Parkes
⚽ | Goal, 9-1, Billy Goffin
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 9-1 Millwall

On This Day

Villa participate in their fourth official fixture of the 1945-46 season in the fourth round of the FA Cup which for this campaign will be played as mandatory double headers, home and away, with the aggregate score over both legs deciding which team will progress. Villa hit nine to beat Division Two side Millwall 13-3 on aggregate and progress to the fifth round.

🟩 9 Feb 1946, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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Game #1941

Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1945-46 |
Matchday | #32 |
Manager Game | #32 |
Saturday, 9 February 1946

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Frank Broome |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

Wakeman
Potts
Cummings
Parkes
Morby
Lowe
Broome
Goffin
Edwards
Iverson
Smith

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

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On This Day

Villa participate in their fifth official fixture of the 1945-46 season in the fifth round of the FA Cup which for this campaign will be played as mandatory double headers, home and away, with the aggregate score over both legs deciding which team will progress. Villa beat Division One side Chelsea in the first leg at Stamford Bridge to put them in a strong position ahead of the game at Villa Park.

🟩 12 Feb 1946, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

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Game #1942

Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1945-46 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #33 |
Tuesday, 12 February 1946

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Billy Goffin |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

Wakeman
Potts
Cummings
Parkes
Morby
Lowe
Broome
Goffin
Edwards
Iverson
Smith

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

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On This Day

🟥 2 Mar 1946, Villa 3-4 Derby, Villa Park

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Game #1943

Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 3-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Season | 1945-46 |
Matchday | #37 |
Manager Game | #37 |
Saturday, 2 March 1946

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | George Edwards | Bob Iverson | Frank Broome |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

Wakeman
Potts
Cummings
Parkes
Moss
Lowe
Broome
Goffin
Edwards
Iverson
Smith

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

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On This Day

Two ground records for a Cup tie were made at Villa Park on 2 March 1946 when Derby County visited in the 6th Round of the FA Cup. The attendance was 76,588 and cash receipts were £8,651 2s. 6d. The receipts also constituted a record for any provincial ground for a League or Cup game.

🟨 9 Mar 1946, Villa 1-1 Derby, Baseball Ground

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Game #1944

Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1946-1950
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Aggregate Result: 🟥 Lost
Aggregate Score: 🟥 4-5
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Season | 1945-46 |
Matchday | #38 |
Manager Game | #38 |
Saturday, 9 March 1946

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Frank Broome |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

Wakeman
Potts
Cummings
Parkes
Callaghan
Lowe
Broome
Goffin
Edwards
Iverson
Smith

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

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On This Day

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