Game #2153
Aston Villa
Saturday, 17 February 1951
Lost
WLLLL
Division One
Attendance: 47,842
Tottenham Hotspur
White Hart Lane
Tottenham Hotspur
3-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Johnny Dixon, scored but again cannot prevent defeat as Villa lose for the fourth successive game under George Martin, Saturday, 17 February 1951.
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Saturday, 17 February 1951
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George Martin's Villa lose for the fourth successive game and after ten League games in charge his record reads one win, four draws and five losses, as Villa's poor form shows no signs of abating. Overall Villa make it five wins, ten draws and fourteen defeats in twenty nine division one games so far this season.
Meanwhile, centre forward Ron Jeffries made his Villa debut after moving from Moor Green in August 1950.
Aston Villa
Tottenham Hotspur
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1920-21
FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1950-51 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #12 |
Saturday, 17 February 1951
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Martin |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 2-3 |
Last 5 Games | WLLLL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
George Martin | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 12 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 4 🟥 5 | 0.83
Career Form:
Relegation
George Martin | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Tottenham Hotspur
TEAM NEWS
Joe Rutherford, Stan Lynn, Frank Moss and Ron Jeffries (debut) replace Ken Jones, Amos Moss, Les Smith and Davy Walsh.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
George Martin | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Joe Rutherford |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Con Martin |
CB Frank Moss |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
FB Stan Lynn |
M Larry Canning |
W Colin Gibson |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |
CF Ron Jeffries |
Tottenham Hotspur
Ditchburn, Burgess, Willis, Clarke, Ramsey (g), Baily (g), Brittan, Murphy, Walters, McClellan, Medley (g).
Manager: Arthur Rowe.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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