Game #2208
Aston Villa
19-9-13, 47 PTS

Thursday, 24 April 1952
6th
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
GK Keith Jones | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
FB Harry Parkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Dicky Dorsett | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Stan Lynn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Frank Moss | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Danny Blanchflower | ๐ฌ๐ง | ๐ฅ |
W Billy Goffin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Herbert Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
W Colin Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Ken Roberts | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Johnny Dixon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
George Martin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 1950-1953

Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
CF Tommy Thompson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Davy Walsh | ๐ฎ๐ช |
Team News
Herbert Smith replaces Davy Walsh.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa leave it late to record their third successive win as Herbert Smith hits the winner in the 89th minute.
Villa keep their second successive clean sheet having not kept the opposition out in their previous nine.
It's Villa's first consecutive clean sheets since September when they kept three in a row against Arsenal, Huddersfield and Blackpool
Villa make it nineteen wins, nine draws and thirteen defeats in forty one division one games in 1951-52 with one game left to play.
Villa climb to outright 6th in the table with 9th placed Newcastle up next, with a fourth successive Villa could move to joint 4th in the final league positions.
Starting XI

Won
1-0
๐ฉ 24 Apr 1952, Villa 1-0 Charlton, The Valley
Scorer(s) | Herbert Smith | 89' |
Assist(s) | Danny Blanchflower | 89' |
Match Timeline
๐ | HT Charlton Athletic 0-0 Aston Villa
โฝ | 89' Goal, 1-0, Herbert Smith, Assist by Danny Blanchflower
๐ | FT Charlton Athletic 0-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1951-52 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #64 |
Thursday, 24 April 1952
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: George Martin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Glasgow, 1950-1953
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: ๐จ 0-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: Unknown
Match Stats
Not recorded
George Martin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 1950-1953
Villa Career Form:
What they Said
Division One
Charlton Athletic
17-9-15, 43 PTS
The Valley
Attendance: 15,544
Bartram, Hewie, Lock, Fenton, Johnson, Hammond, Ufton, Vaughan, Hurst, Kiernan, Evans.
Manager: Jimmy Seed.
Jimmy Seed | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: ๐
Last Trophy: 1946-47
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1951-52
Playing Squad

























