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Game #2210

Aston Villa

Saturday, 23 August 1952

Lost

WWWLL

Division One

Attendance: 50,930

Arsenal

Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

Arsenal

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Davy Walsh, scored Villa's first of the season but Villa lose on the opening day, Saturday, 23 August 1952.

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Saturday, 23 August 1952

ON THIS DAY

George Martin's Villa open the season with defeat to Arsenal at Villa Park.

Aston Villa

Arsenal

FIXTURE HISTORY

Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1952-53 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #69 |
Saturday, 23 August 1952

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | George Martin |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-2 |
Last 5 Games | WWWLL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Arsenal

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

MANAGER

George Martin

Aston Villa

GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Amos Moss |
W Colin Gibson |
W Billy Goffin |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Johnny Dixon |

Arsenal

Swindlin, Wade, Daniel, Smith, Mercer, Shaw, Oakes (g), Forbes, Lishman (g), Roper, Goring.

Manager: Tom Whittaker.

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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