Game #2155
Aston Villa
Saturday, 10 March 1951
Lost
LLLLL
Division One
Attendance: 39,747
Arsenal
Highbury
Arsenal
2-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Stan Lynn, scored from the penalty spot but Villa fall to a sixth successive defeat under George Martin, Saturday, 10 March 1951.
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Saturday, 10 March 1951
ON THIS DAY
George Martin's Villa lose for the sixth successive game and after twelve League games in charge his record reads one win, four draws and seven losses, as Villa's poor form shows no signs of abating. Overall Villa make it five wins, ten draws and sixteen defeats in thirty one division one games so far this season.
Meanwhile, centre forward Ron Jeffries played his second and final game for Villa before moving on to Walsall in November 1953 without making a further appearance.
Aston Villa
Arsenal
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1949–50
FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟨 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1950-51 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #14 |
Saturday, 10 March 1951
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Martin |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-2 |
Last 5 Games | LLLLL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
George Martin | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 14 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 4 🟥 7 | 0.71
Career Form:
Relegation
George Martin | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Arsenal
TEAM NEWS
Stan Lynn, Peter Aldis and Ron Jeffries replace Frank 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 |
FB Stan Lynn |
FB Peter Aldis |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
M Larry Canning |
W Colin Gibson |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |
CF Ron Jeffries |
Arsenal
Platt, Daniel, Barnes, Smith, Shaw, Forbes, Milton, Marden, Lewis (g) (g), Holton, Logie.
Manager: Tom Whittaker.
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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