Game #2156
Aston Villa
Saturday, 17 March 1951
Won
LLLLW
Division One
Attendance: 26,347
Burnley
Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-2
Burnley
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Derek Pace, scored on debut to earn Villa a first win in seven under George Martin, Saturday, 17 March 1951.
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Saturday, 17 March 1951
ON THIS DAY
George Martin's Villa win for the first time in seven and after thirteen League games in charge his record reads two wins, four draws and seven losses. Overall Villa make it six wins, ten draws and sixteen defeats in thirty two division one games so far this season.
Meanwhile, centre forward Derek Pace made a goalscoring debut for Villa after joining from Bloxwich Strollers in September 1949 and midfielder Danny Blanchflower also made his first appearance following his move from Barnsley earlier this month.
Aston Villa
Burnley
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1920-21
FIXTURE HISTORY
Burnley
Previous 5 vs. Burnley: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1950-51 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #15 |
Saturday, 17 March 1951
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Martin |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 3-2 |
Last 5 Games | LLLLW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
George Martin | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 15 | 🟩 | 3 🟨 4 🟥 7 | 0.87
Career Form:
Relegation
George Martin | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Burnley
TEAM NEWS
Danny Blanchflower and Derek Pace make their debuts and Amos Moss returns to the line up with Harry Parkes, Con Martin and Ron Jeffries dropping out.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
George Martin | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Joe Rutherford |
FB Stan Lynn |
FB Peter Aldis |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
M Larry Canning |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Amos Moss |
W Colin Gibson |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |
CF Derek Pace |
Burnley
Strong, Mather, Woodruff, Adamson, Bray, Cummings, McIlroy, Lyons, Chew, Holden (g), Morris (g).
Manager: Frank Hill.
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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