Game #2231
Aston Villa
6-7-9, 19 PTS

Thursday, 1 January 1953
17th=
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐จ
GK Dennis Parsons | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Stan Lynn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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 | ๐ | โ |
M Danny Blanchflower | ๐ฌ๐ง |
W Colin Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Billy Goffin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Johnny Dixon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
F Ken Roberts | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Tommy Thompson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 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 | 5 |
W Peter McParland | ๐ฌ๐ง |
CB Con Martin | ๐ฎ๐ช |
LB Peter Aldis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
GK Keith Jones | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
CF Davy Walsh | ๐ฎ๐ช |
Team News
Dicky Dorsett replaces Amos Moss.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Tommy Thompson scores for the third successive game to secure a second successive draw but are now without a win in seven.
Villa are selected to play away from home on New Years Day for the 21st time in the 23 fixtures they have played on 1st January.
Villa had played their first New Years Day fixture in January 1891 and have now played just two home games on 1st January in 62 years.
Villa & Sunderland meet for the 100th time in League football.
Villa get no luck at Roker Park after they are forced to play over an hour with 10 men following Dicky Dorsett's first half head injury and then with just 50 seconds left on the clock Sunderland hit an undeserved last gasp equaliser.
George Martin's Villa open 1953 with a second successive draw and are now without a win in seven as they make it six wins, seven draws and nine defeats in twenty two division one games so far this season.
Starting XI

Drew
2-2
๐จ 1 Jan 1953, Villa 2-2 Sunderland, Roker
Scorer(s) | Johnny Dixon | 40' | Tommy Thompson | 57' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
๐ | 25' Player retires from field of play with injury, Dicky Dorsett
๐ฅ
| Goal, 0-1, (Sunderland), Trevor Ford
โฝ | 40' Goal, 1-1, Johnny Dixon
๐ | HT Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa
โฝ | 57' Goal, 1-1, Tommy Thompson
๐ฅ
| 90' Goal, 2-2, (Sunderland), Arthur Wright
๐ | FT Sunderland 2-2 Aston Villa
Season | 1952-53 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #87 |
Thursday, 1 January 1953
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: George Martin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Glasgow, 1950-1953
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: ๐จ 1-1
FT Result: ๐จ Drew
FT Score: ๐จ 2-2
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐จ
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
Sunderland
12-6-6, 30 PTS
Roker Park
Attendance: 41,821
Mason, Anderson, Hudgell, Hedley, Wright (g), Aitken, Bingham, Davis, Kirtley, Reynolds, Ford (ex) (g).
Manager: Bill Murray.
Bill Murray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ 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: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐
Last Trophy: 1936-37
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1952-53
Playing Squad


























