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Season 65 | 1953-54

George Martin | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Eric Houghton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

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M Danny Blanchflower | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

41

โšฝ

4

41

๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

41

League:

40

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

15

37%

๐ŸŸจ

9

22%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

17

41%

59%

PPG

1.32

CB Frank Moss | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

40

โšฝ

0

40

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

40

League:

39

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

16

40%

๐ŸŸจ

9

23%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

15

38%

63%

PPG

1.43

LB Peter Aldis | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

39

โšฝ

0

39

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

39

League:

38

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

15

38%

๐ŸŸจ

8

21%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

16

41%

59%

PPG

1.36

F Johnny Dixon | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

39

โšฝ

9

39

๐Ÿ”ฅ

4

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

39

League:

38

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

15

38%

๐ŸŸจ

9

23%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

15

38%

62%

PPG

1.38

FB Harry Parkes | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

39

โšฝ

0

39

๐Ÿ”ฅ

2

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

39

League:

39

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

16

41%

๐ŸŸจ

9

23%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

14

36%

64%

PPG

1.46

CF Tommy Thompson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

36

โšฝ

21

36

๐Ÿ”ฅ

3

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

36

League:

35

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

13

36%

๐ŸŸจ

6

17%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

17

47%

53%

PPG

1.25

GK Keith Jones | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

34

โšฝ

0

34

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

34

League:

33

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

14

41%

๐ŸŸจ

8

24%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

12

35%

65%

PPG

1.47

CF Davy Walsh | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

31

โšฝ

11

31

๐Ÿ”ฅ

7

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

31

League:

30

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

12

39%

๐ŸŸจ

6

19%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

13

42%

58%

PPG

1.35

M Bill Baxter | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

23

โšฝ

2

23

๐Ÿ”ฅ

3

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

23

League:

23

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

8

35%

๐ŸŸจ

8

35%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

7

30%

70%

PPG

1.39

M Amos Moss | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

22

โšฝ

0

22

๐Ÿ”ฅ

3

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

22

League:

21

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

8

36%

๐ŸŸจ

1

5%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

13

59%

41%

PPG

1.14

W Colin Gibson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

22

โšฝ

1

22

๐Ÿ”ฅ

5

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

22

League:

21

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

8

36%

๐ŸŸจ

4

18%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

10

45%

55%

PPG

1.27

W Peter McParland | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

20

โšฝ

6

20

๐Ÿ”ฅ

3

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

20

League:

19

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

6

30%

๐ŸŸจ

7

35%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

7

35%

65%

PPG

1.25

W Norman Lockhart | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

18

โšฝ

2

18

๐Ÿ”ฅ

5

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

18

League:

18

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

9

50%

๐ŸŸจ

1

6%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

8

44%

56%

PPG

1.56

W Ken O Roberts | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

16

โšฝ

2

16

๐Ÿ”ฅ

6

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

16

League:

16

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

6

38%

๐ŸŸจ

6

38%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

4

25%

75%

PPG

1.50

GK Dennis Parsons | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

9

โšฝ

0

9

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

9

League:

9

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

2

22%

๐ŸŸจ

1

11%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

6

67%

33%

PPG

0.78

CF Derek Pace | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

9

โšฝ

6

9

๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

9

League:

9

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

3

33%

๐ŸŸจ

2

22%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

4

44%

56%

PPG

1.22

M Larry Canning | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

9

โšฝ

0

9

๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

9

League:

9

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

5

56%

๐ŸŸจ

0

0%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

4

44%

56%

PPG

1.67

F Ken Roberts | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

5

โšฝ

1

5

๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

5

League:

5

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

0

0%

๐ŸŸจ

2

40%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

3

60%

40%

PPG

0.40

F Joe Tyrell | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

4

โšฝ

3

4

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

4

League:

4

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

2

50%

๐ŸŸจ

1

25%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

1

25%

75%

PPG

1.75

CB Con Martin | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

4

โšฝ

0

4

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

4

League:

4

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

0

0%

๐ŸŸจ

1

25%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

3

75%

25%

PPG

0.25

RB Stan Lynn | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

4

โšฝ

0

4

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

4

League:

3

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

0

0%

๐ŸŸจ

0

0%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

4

100%

0%

PPG

0.00

F Roy Chapman | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

4

โšฝ

3

4

๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

4

League:

4

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

2

50%

๐ŸŸจ

1

25%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

1

25%

75%

PPG

1.75

FB Albert Vinall | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

3

โšฝ

0

3

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

3

League:

3

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

1

33%

๐ŸŸจ

0

0%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

2

67%

33%

PPG

1.00

W Billy Goffin | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

1

โšฝ

0

1

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

1

League:

1

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

0

0%

๐ŸŸจ

0

0%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

1

100%

0%

PPG

0.00

W Herbert Smith | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1953-54

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

1

โšฝ

0

1

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

1

League:

1

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

0

0%

๐ŸŸจ

0

0%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

1

100%

0%

PPG

0.00

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