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1949-50

First Division

Finished 12th of 22 · P42 W15 D12 L15 · 61 scored, 61 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
20 Aug 1949	A	Manchester City	3–3	D
23 Aug 1949	H	Derby County	1–1	D
27 Aug 1949	H	Fulham	3–1	W
31 Aug 1949	A	Derby County	2–3	L
3 Sept 1949	A	Newcastle United	2–3	L
5 Sept 1949	H	Portsmouth	1–0	W
10 Sept 1949	H	Blackpool	0–0	D
17 Sept 1949	A	Middlesbrough	2–0	W
24 Sept 1949	H	Everton	2–2	D
1 Oct 1949	A	Huddersfield Town	0–1	L
8 Oct 1949	A	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	D
15 Oct 1949	H	Manchester United	0–4	L
22 Oct 1949	A	Chelsea	3–1	W
29 Oct 1949	H	Stoke City	1–1	D
5 Nov 1949	A	Burnley	0–1	L
12 Nov 1949	H	Sunderland	2–0	W
19 Nov 1949	A	Liverpool	1–2	L
26 Nov 1949	H	Arsenal	1–1	D
3 Dec 1949	A	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	D
10 Dec 1949	H	Birmingham City	1–1	D
17 Dec 1949	H	Manchester City	1–0	W
24 Dec 1949	A	Fulham	0–3	L
26 Dec 1949	A	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–2	W
27 Dec 1949	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–4	L
31 Dec 1949	H	Newcastle United	0–1	L
14 Jan 1950	A	Blackpool	0–1	L
21 Jan 1950	H	Middlesbrough	4–0	W
4 Feb 1950	A	Everton	1–1	D
18 Feb 1950	H	Huddersfield Town	2–1	W
25 Feb 1950	H	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	W
8 Mar 1950	A	Manchester United	0–7	L
11 Mar 1950	H	Liverpool	2–0	W
25 Mar 1950	H	Burnley	0–1	L
29 Mar 1950	A	Arsenal	3–1	W
1 Apr 1950	A	Sunderland	1–2	L
7 Apr 1950	A	Charlton Athletic	4–1	W
8 Apr 1950	H	Chelsea	4–0	W
11 Apr 1950	H	Charlton Athletic	1–1	D
15 Apr 1950	A	Stoke City	0–1	L
22 Apr 1950	H	Bolton Wanderers	3–0	W
29 Apr 1950	A	Birmingham City	2–2	D
6 May 1950	A	Portsmouth	1–5	L

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	42	22	9	11	74	38	+36	53
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	13	9	76	49	+27	53
3	Sunderland	42	21	10	11	83	62	+21	52
4	Manchester United	42	18	14	10	69	44	+25	50
5	Newcastle United	42	19	12	11	77	55	+22	50
6	Arsenal	42	19	11	12	79	55	+24	49
7	Blackpool	42	17	15	10	46	35	+11	49
8	Liverpool	42	17	14	11	64	54	+10	48
9	Middlesbrough	42	20	7	15	59	48	+11	47
10	Burnley	42	16	13	13	40	40	0	45
11	Derby County	42	17	10	15	69	61	+8	44
12	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	61	61	0	42
13	Chelsea	42	12	16	14	58	65	-7	40
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	12	16	47	53	-6	40
15	Huddersfield Town	42	14	9	19	52	73	-21	37
16	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	14	18	45	59	-14	34
17	Fulham	42	10	14	18	41	54	-13	34
18	Everton	42	10	14	18	42	66	-24	34
19	Stoke City	42	11	12	19	45	75	-30	34
20	Charlton Athletic	42	13	6	23	53	65	-12	32
21	Manchester City	42	8	13	21	36	68	-32	29
22	Birmingham City	42	7	14	21	31	67	-36	28

Positions decided on goal average, as the rules of the day had it. Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.