Aston Villa's 1951-52 season

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Season 63 | 1951-52

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The Story of 1951-52

Season Summary

Division	Final League Position	FA Cup Progress	Biggest Win
Division One	6th	3rd Round	7-1 vs. Chelsea (h), Division One

Top Scorer	Most Appearances
28 \| Johnny Dixon	43 \| Danny Blanchflower

Manager Summary

P: Games Played; W: Games Won; D: Games Drawn; L: Games Lost; PPG: Points per Game (3 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw); CS%: Clean Sheet percentage; W%: Win Rate; L%: Loss Rate; U: Games Unbeaten; U% Unbeaten Rate.

From	To	Manager	P	W	D	L	U	W%	L%	U%	CS%	PPG
Ongoing	Ongoing	George Martin	43	19	9	15	28	44%	35%	65%	21%	1.53

Manager	Chairman	Chief Executive
George Martin	Fred Normansell	Fred Archer

Season Statistics

Pos: Final League Position; P: Games Played; W: Games Won; D: Games Drawn; L: Games Lost; F: Goals Scored; A: Goals Conceded; Pts: Final League Points; GD: Goal Difference (A-F); PPG: Points per Game (3 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw); GR: Goal Ratio (F/A); GPG: Goals Scored per Game; CPG: Goals Conceded per Game; CS: Clean Sheets; CS%: Clean Sheet percentage; W%: Win Rate; L%: Loss Rate; U: Games Unbeaten; U% Unbeaten Rate.

Results - All Competitions

P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	GR	GPG	CPG	CS	CS%	W%	L%	U	U%	PPG
43	19	9	15	81	74	7	1.09	1.88	1.72	9	21%	44%	35%	28	65%	1.53

Results - League

Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	GD	GPG	CPG	GR	CS	CS%	W%	L%	U%	PPG
6th	42	19	9	14	79	70	47	9	1.88	1.67	1.13	9	21%	45%	33%	67%	1.57

Sequences

Wins in a Row	League Wins in a Row	Games Unbeaten	Games without a Win	Losing Run
4	4	8	4	4

League Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	42	23	11	8	95	52	43	57
2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	22	9	11	76	51	25	53
3	Arsenal	42	21	11	10	80	61	19	53
4	Portsmouth	42	20	8	14	68	58	10	48
5	Bolton Wanderers	42	19	10	13	65	61	4	48
6	Aston Villa	42	19	9	14	79	70	9	47
7	Preston North End	42	17	12	13	74	54	20	46
8	Newcastle United	42	18	9	15	98	73	25	45
9	Blackpool	42	18	9	15	64	64	0	45
10	Charlton Athletic	42	17	10	15	68	63	5	44
11	Liverpool	42	12	19	11	57	61	-4	43
12	Sunderland	42	15	12	15	70	61	9	42
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	13	15	74	77	-3	41
14	Burnley	42	15	10	17	56	63	-7	40
15	Manchester City	42	13	13	16	58	61	-3	39
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	14	16	73	73	0	38
17	Derby County	42	15	7	20	63	80	-17	37
18	Middlesbrough	42	15	6	21	64	88	-24	36
19	Chelsea	42	14	8	20	52	72	-20	36
20	Stoke City	42	12	7	23	49	88	-39	31
21	Huddersfield Town	42	10	8	24	49	82	-33	28
22	Fulham	42	8	11	23	58	77	-19	27

Matches

Select a row for detailed match reports

Competition	Date	Home		Away	W	D	L	Game
Division One	18 Aug 1951	Bolton Wanderers	5-2	Aston Villa			L	2209
Division One	25 Aug 1951	Aston Villa	4-1	Derby County	W			2210
Division One	27 Aug 1951	Aston Villa	2-1	Sunderland	W			2211
Division One	1 Sep 1951	Manchester City	2-2	Aston Villa		D		2212
Division One	5 Sep 1951	Sunderland	1-3	Aston Villa	W			2213
Division One	8 Sep 1951	Aston Villa	1-0	Arsenal	W			2214
Division One	10 Sep 1951	Aston Villa	1-0	Huddersfield Town	W			2215
Division One	15 Sep 1951	Blackpool	0-3	Aston Villa	W			2216
Division One	19 Sep 1951	Huddersfield Town	3-1	Aston Villa			L	2217
Division One	22 Sep 1951	Aston Villa	2-0	Liverpool	W			2218
Division One	29 Sep 1951	Portsmouth	2-0	Aston Villa			L	2219
Division One	6 Oct 1951	Stoke City	4-1	Aston Villa			L	2220
Division One	13 Oct 1951	Aston Villa	2-5	Manchester United			L	2221
Division One	20 Oct 1951	Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Aston Villa			L	2222
Division One	27 Oct 1951	Aston Villa	3-2	Preston North End	W			2223
Division One	3 Nov 1951	Burnley	2-1	Aston Villa			L	2224
Division One	10 Nov 1951	Aston Villa	0-2	Charlton Athletic			L	2225
Division One	17 Nov 1951	Fulham	2-2	Aston Villa		D		2226
Division One	24 Nov 1951	Aston Villa	2-0	Middlesbrough	W			2227
Division One	1 Dec 1951	West Brom	1-2	Aston Villa	W			2228
Division One	8 Dec 1951	Aston Villa	2-2	Newcastle United		D		2229
Division One	15 Dec 1951	Aston Villa	1-1	Bolton Wanderers		D		2230
Division One	22 Dec 1951	Derby County	1-1	Aston Villa		D		2231
Division One	25 Dec 1951	Aston Villa	3-3	Wolves		D		2232
Division One	26 Dec 1951	Wolves	1-2	Aston Villa	W			2233
Division One	29 Dec 1951	Aston Villa	1-2	Manchester City			L	2234
Division One	5 Jan 1952	Arsenal	2-1	Aston Villa			L	2235
FA Cup 3rd Round	12 Jan 1952	Newcastle United	4-2	Aston Villa			L	2236
Division One	19 Jan 1952	Aston Villa	4-0	Blackpool	W			2237
Division One	26 Jan 1952	Liverpool	1-2	Aston Villa	W			2238
Division One	9 Feb 1952	Aston Villa	2-0	Portsmouth	W			2239
Division One	16 Feb 1952	Aston Villa	2-3	Stoke City			L	2240
Division One	1 Mar 1952	Manchester United	1-1	Aston Villa		D		2241
Division One	8 Mar 1952	Aston Villa	0-3	Tottenham Hotspur			L	2242
Division One	15 Mar 1952	Preston North End	2-2	Aston Villa		D		2243
Division One	22 Mar 1952	Aston Villa	4-1	Burnley	W			2244
Division One	5 Apr 1952	Aston Villa	4-1	Fulham	W			2245
Division One	12 Apr 1952	Middlesbrough	2-0	Aston Villa			L	2246
Division One	14 Apr 1952	Chelsea	2-2	Aston Villa		D		2247
Division One	15 Apr 1952	Aston Villa	7-1	Chelsea	W			2248
Division One	19 Apr 1952	Aston Villa	2-0	West Brom	W			2249
Division One	24 Apr 1952	Charlton Athletic	0-1	Aston Villa	W			2250
Division One	26 Apr 1952	Newcastle United	6-1	Aston Villa			L	2251

Transfers In

1 July - 30 June

Player	Position	In	From	For	Aged
Ken Roberts	Forward	August 1951	Cardiff City	Free	20
Roy Chapman	Forward	February 1952	Kynoch Works FC	Free	17
Trevor Birch	Midfielder	February 1952	Accles & Pollock FC	Free	18
Eddie Follan	Forward	June 1952	Prescot Cables FC	Free	22
Vic Crowe	Midfielder	June 1952	West Bromwich Albion	Free	20

Transfers Out

1 July - 30 June

Player	Position	In	To	For	Aged
Joe Rutherford	Goalkeeper	1951	Retired	Released	37
Jimmy Harrison	Full Back	July 1951	Coventry City	Free	30
Ivor Powell	Midfielder	July 1951	Port Vale	Free	35
Jack Hindle	Goalkeeper	August 1951	Barrow FC	Free	29
Geoff Sellars	Winger	August 1951	Stalybridge Celtic	£1,000	21
Derek Ashton	Full Back	August 1951	Wellington Town	Free	29
Les Smith	Winger	June 1952	Brentford	Free	34

Debut Appearances

Player	Number	Against	On	Aged
Graham Cordell	Player #433	Tottenham Hotspur (a), Division One	Saturday, 20 October 1951	22
Ken Roberts	Player #434	Burnley (h), Division One	Saturday, 22 March 1952	21

Final Appearances

Player	Number	Against	On	Aged
Joe Rutherford	Player #390	Manchester United (h), Division One	Saturday, 13 October 1951	37
Les Smith	Player #397	Charlton Athletic (h), Division One	Saturday, 10 November 1951	33

Squad Statistics

Squad Size	Average 1st XI Age	Youngest 1st XI	Oldest 1st XI
21	28.45	27.60 \| Derby (a), 22 December 1951	30.07 \| Bolton (a), 18 August 1951

Youngest Player	Oldest Player
19.47 \| Derek Pace \| 27 August 1951, Sunderland (h)	37.09 \| Joe Rutherford \| 18 August 1951, Bolton (a)

First Team Squad

Player	Number	Villa Career
Frank Moss 1938-55	Player #386	1938-55 £2k, 314 \| 3 \|
Joe Rutherford	Player #390	1939-51 £2.5k, 156 \| 0 \|
Harry Parkes	Player #395	1945-55 Free, 344 \| 4 \|
Billy Goffin	Player #396	1945-54 Free, 173 \| 42 \|
Les Smith	Player #397	1945-51 £7.5k, 197 \| 37 \|
Johnny Dixon	Player #401	1945-61 Free, 437 \| 144 \|
Dicky Dorsett	Player #405	1946-53 £3k, 270 \| 27 \|
Amos Moss	Player #406	1946-56 Yth, 108 \| 5 \|
Keith Jones	Player #411	1947-57 Free, 199 \| 0 \|
Albert Vinall	Player #412	1947-54 Free, 11 \| 1 \|
Larry Canning	Player #414	1948-54 Free, 41 \| 3 \|
Con Martin	Player #416	1948-56 £10k, 212 \| 1 \|
Herbert Smith	Player #420	1948-53 Yth, 54 \| 9 \|
Colin Gibson	Player #421	1949-55 £17.5k, 167 \| 25 \|
Tommy Thompson	Player #425	1950-55 £12.5k, 165 \| 76 \|
Stan Lynn	Player #426	1950-61 £10k, 324 \| 38 \|
Davy Walsh	Player #428	1951-55 £25k, 113 \| 40 \|
Ron Jeffries	Player #429	1951-53 Free, 2 \| 0 \|
Peter Aldis	Player #430	1951-59 Free, 296 \| 1 \|
Danny Blanchflower	Player #431	1951-55 £15k, 155 \| 10 \|
Derek Pace	Player #432	1950-58 Yth, 107 \| 42 \|
Graham Cordell	Player #433	1951-52 Yth, 5 \| 0 \|
Ken Roberts	Player #434	1952-55 Free, 46 \| 7 \|

Appearances

Player	Total	League	FA Cup
FB Harry Parkes	43	42	1
F Johnny Dixon	43	42	1
M Danny Blanchflower	43	42	1
CB Frank Moss 1938-55	40	39	1
LB Dicky Dorsett	39	38	1
F Tommy Thompson	37	36	1
W Billy Goffin	36	35	1
W Herbert Smith	27	26	1
GK Con Martin	27	26	1
FB Stan Lynn	26	25	1
CF Davy Walsh	22	22
W Colin Gibson	20	19	1
FB Peter Aldis	17	17
M Amos Moss	11	11
GK Keith Jones	11	11
W Les Smith	8	8
F Ken Roberts	8	8
CF Derek Pace	8	8
GK Graham Cordell	3	3
GK Joe Rutherford	2	2
CB Con Martin	1	1
M Larry Canning	1	1

Goals

Player	Total	League	FA Cup
F Johnny Dixon	28	26	2
F Tommy Thompson	13	13
W Billy Goffin	10	10
CF Davy Walsh	8	8
W Colin Gibson	6	6
W Herbert Smith	4	4
W Les Smith	3	3
Own Goal	3	3
CF Derek Pace	2	2
M Amos Moss	1	1
FB Stan Lynn	1	1
F Ken Roberts	1	1
FB Stan Lynn	1	1

'Keepers

'Keeper	Appearances	Conceded	Ratio	Clean Sheets	Clean Sheet %
GK Con Martin	27	39	1.44	7	26%

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Season 63 | 1951-52