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Game #2172

Aston Villa

4-1-1, 9 PTS

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Saturday, 8 September 1951

4th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

GK Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Herbert Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1950-1953
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad:

Injury | 3 |
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Not recorded

  • Villa's record of scoring at least two goals in the first half of every one of their matches so far this season ends as the only manage the one but it's enought to record a fourth win in five unbeaten games.

  • Villa climb to joint fourth.

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Won

1-0

🟩 8 Sep 1951, Villa 1-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Tommy Thompson | 28' |

Assist(s) | Billy Goffin | 28' |

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 28' Goal, 1-0, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Billy Goffin
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal

Season | 1951-52 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #28 |
Saturday, 8 September 1951

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Manager: George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
Referee: R. C. Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Swindon, 1948-1952
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Referee: R. C. Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Swindon, 1948-1952

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1950-1953

Villa Career Form:

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

117

117

🔥

1

0

🟩

41

🟨

33

🟥

43

1

🥅

5

LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

17

17

🔥

0

0

🟩

11

🟨

4

🟥

2

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

192

192

🔥

3

2

🟩

73

🟨

49

🟥

70

FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

212

212

🔥

4

3

🟩

84

🟨

54

🟥

74

LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

201

201

🔥

33

15

🟩

75

🟨

54

🟥

72

M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

17

17

🔥

0

0

🟩

11

🟨

4

🟥

2

W Herbert Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

20

20

🔥

5

3

🟩

11

🟨

5

🟥

4

W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

111

111

🔥

30

16

🟩

48

🟨

30

🟥

33

F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

137

137

🔥

49

22

🟩

52

🟨

35

🟥

50

CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

39

39

🔥

13

9

🟩

15

🟨

10

🟥

14

CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

6

6

🔥

3

1

🟩

4

🟨

1

🟥

1

🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Division One

Arsenal

3-2-2, 8 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 56,860

Swindin, Daniel, Barnes, Smith, Bowen, Forbes, Lishman, Roper, Cox, Holton, Logie.

Manager: Tom Whittaker.

Tom Whittaker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1949–50

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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