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Game #2170

Aston Villa

Saturday, 1 September 1951

Drew

WLWWD

Division One

Attendance: 32,515

Manchester City

Maine Road

Manchester City

2-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Derek Pace, scored for the second game in succession but Villa can only draw with Manchester minnows City, Saturday, 1 September 1951.

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Saturday, 1 September 1951

ON THIS DAY

George Martin's Villa make it three unbeaten but they can only draw as they make it two wins, one draw and a defeat in four division one games so far this season.

Aston Villa

Manchester City

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1951-52 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #29 |
Saturday, 1 September 1951

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | George Martin |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 2-2 |
Last 5 Games | WLWWD |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 29 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 8 🟥 10 | 1.41

Career Form:

Mid Table

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

All the matches refereed by:

CARDS

Villa

Manchester City

TEAM NEWS

George Martin names an unchanged line up whilst defender Con Martin continues to be selected as goalkeeper in the absence of Joe Rutherford.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

MANAGER

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Con Martin |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
FB Peter Aldis |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
M Danny Blanchflower |
W Les Smith |
W Herbert Smith |
CF Derek Pace |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |

Manchester City

Trautmann, Phillips, Rigby, Hannaway, Paul (g), Meadows, Cunlifffe, McCourt, Hart, Clarke, Westcott (g).

Manager: Les McDowall.

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

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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