Game #2223
Aston Villa
5-4-5, 14 PTS

Saturday, 1 November 1952
10th=
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ
GK Keith Jones | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
RB Stan Lynn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
FB Harry Parkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Frank Moss | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Dicky Dorsett | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Danny Blanchflower | ๐ฌ๐ง | ๐ฅ | โฝ | ๐ฅ |
W Colin Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Billy Goffin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Herbert Smith | 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 | โฝ | โฝ | โฝ |
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 | 7 |
CF Tommy Thompson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Peter McParland | ๐ฌ๐ง |
CB Con Martin | ๐ฎ๐ช |
LB Peter Aldis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Amos Moss | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Derek Pace | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Davy Walsh | ๐ฎ๐ช |
Team News
Johnny Dixon replaces Norman Lockhart.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None

Won
4-1
๐ฉ 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground
Scorer(s) | Johnny Dixon | 51' | 67' | 88' | Danny Blanchflower | 77' |
Assist(s) | Danny Blanchflower | 51' | 88' | Stan Lynn | 67' |
Match Timeline
๐ | HT Stoke City 0-0 Aston Villa
โฝ | 51' Goal, 1-0, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Danny Blanchflower
โฝ | 67' Goal, 2-0, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Stan Lynn
๐ฅ
| 71โ Goal, 2-1, (Stoke City), Smyth
โฝ | 77' Goal, 3-1, Danny Blanchflower
โฝ | 88' Goal, 4-1, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Danny Blanchflower
๐ | FT Stoke City 1-4 Aston Villa
Season | 1952-53 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #79 |
Saturday, 1 November 1952
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: George Martin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Glasgow, 1950-1953
Referee: John Bowers | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Huddersfield, 1949-1953
HT Score: ๐จ 0-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 4-1
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: John Bowers | ๐ด๓ ง ๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Huddersfield, 1949-1953
Match Stats
Not recorded
George Martin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 1950-1953
Villa Career Form:

Division One
Stoke
4-1-10, 9 PTS
Victoria Ground
Attendance: 26,659
Robertson, McCue, Bourne, Farrow, Thomson, Sellars, Smyth (g), Siddall, Oscroft, McClelland, Finney.
Manager: Frank Taylor.
Frank Taylor | 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: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded


Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Johnny Dixon scores a hat-trick on his return to the side after eight weeks out with injury.
Villa concede for the first time in four games but hammer Stoke on their own patch to go seven unbeaten and climb to joint 10th.
Villa make it five wins, four draws and five defeats in fourteen division one games so far in 1952-53.
What they Said



