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Game #2202

Aston Villa

Saturday, 22 March 1952

Won

LDLDW

Division One

Attendance: 31,128

Burnley

Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-1

Burnley

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Johnny Dixon, scored for the eleventh time in thirteen games as Villa beat Burnley, Saturday, 22 March 1952.

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Saturday, 22 March 1952

ON THIS DAY

George Martin's Villa win for the first time in five to make it fifteen wins, eight draws and twelve defeats in thirty five division one games so far this season.

Meanwhile, forward Ken Roberts made a goalscoring debut after moving from Cardiff City in June 1951.

Aston Villa

Burnley

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1920-21

FIXTURE HISTORY

Burnley

Previous 5 vs. Burnley: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1951-52 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #61 |
Saturday, 22 March 1952

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | George Martin |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 4-1 |
Last 5 Games | LDLDW |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 61 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 15 🟥 22 | 1.43

Career Form:

Top 8

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

All the matches refereed by:

CARDS

Villa

Burnley

TEAM NEWS

Ken Roberts makes his debut in place of Colin Gibson.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

MANAGER

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Ken Jones |
FB Harry Parkes |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Frank Moss |
M Danny Blanchflower |
W Billy Goffin |
W Ken Roberts |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Tommy Thompson |
F Johnny Dixon |

Burnley

McNulty, Aird, Mather, Attwell, Cummings, Shannon (g), Adamson, Chew, Holden, Morris, Elliott.

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

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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