1948–49 Aston Villa F.C. season

(Redirected from Aston Villa F.C. season 1948–49) Aston Villa 1948–49 football season

Aston Villa
1948–49 season
Manager	Alex Massie
First Division	10th
FA Cup	Fourth round
← 1947–48 1949–50 →

Second City Football team season Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961) Second City Derby Football team season

Second City Derby
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Aston Villa played the 1948–49 English football season in the Football League First Division.

At the start of the season The Times had tipped both Villa and Birmingham as Championship contenders. In the Second City derby both teams won their away fixtures.

Villa faced Wolves for the 1948 Christmas fixtures. On Christmas Day they were beaten 4–0 at the Molineux before winning 5–1 at home two days later. Trevor Ford scored four with Syd Howarth adding the fifth.

There were debuts for Con Martin (194), Colin Gibson (158), Ivor Powell (79), Herbert Smith (54), Larry Canning (39), Miller Craddock (34), Jock Mulraney (12), and Syd Howarth (8).

Table

Main article: 1948–49 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
8	Sunderland	42	13	17	12	49	58	0.845	43
9	Charlton Athletic	42	15	12	15	63	67	0.940	42
10	Aston Villa	42	16	10	16	60	76	0.789	42
11	Stoke City	42	16	9	17	66	68	0.971	41
12	Liverpool	42	13	14	15	53	43	1.233	40

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

References

Association Football, The Times, 21 August 1948
"Aston Villa 0-3 Birmingham City, 1948-49 Division One, 4 Dec 1948". AVFC History.
Boxing Day, The Times, 24 December 1948
"Wolves 4-0 Aston Villa, 1948-49 Division One, 25 Dec 1948". AVFC History.
Association Football, 28 December 1948, The Times
"Aston Villa 5-1 Wolves, 1948-49 Division One, 27 Dec 1948". AVFC History.
"Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

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