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Game #2232

Aston Villa

7-7-9, 21 PTS

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Saturday, 3 January 1953

16th=

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ken Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1950-1953
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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: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |

Wingers
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ken Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

Injury | 6 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Amos Moss replaces Dicky Dorsett.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

3-0

🟩 3 Jan 1953, Villa 3-0 Derby, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Tommy Thompson | 26' | Johnny Dixon | 68' | Ken Roberts | 79' |

Assist(s) | Danny Blanchflower | 26' | Ken Roberts | 68' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 26' Goal, 1-0, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Danny Blanchflower
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Derby County
⚽ | 68' Goal, 2-0, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Ken Roberts
⚽ | 79' Goal, 3-0, Ken Roberts
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Derby County

Season | 1952-53 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #88 |
Saturday, 3 January 1953

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
Referee: Ken Collinge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hale, 1950-1961
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

Officials

Referee: Ken Collinge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hale, 1950-1961
Linesmen: A. J. Thomas; J. K. Smith

Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 92 | 🟩 W44 (48% ) | 🟨 D18 | 🇺(67% ) | 🟥 L30 (33% ) | ⚽ 195 | 🥅 141 | GD 54

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1950-1953

Villa Career Form:

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

Division One

Derby County

7-5-13, 19 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 27,425

GK Ray Middleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken Oliver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Geoff Barrowcliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Bert Mozley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McLachlan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Walter Musson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Hugh McLaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Jack Stamps | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jack Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Don Hazledine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Stuart McMillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1945-46

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Ray Middleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Ken Oliver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Geoff Barrowcliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Bert Mozley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Steve McLachlan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Walter Musson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Tommy Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Hugh McLaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Forwards
CF Jack Stamps | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jack Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Don Hazledine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
On This Day
  • Tommy Thompson scores for the fourth successive game as Villa win for the first time in eight.

  •  Villa make it seven wins, seven draws and nine defeats in twenty three division one games so far this season.

Starting XI
GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

53

53

🔥

6

1

🟩

19

🟨

18

🟥

16

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

244

244

🔥

3

2

🟩

94

🟨

62

🟥

88

FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

270

270

🔥

4

4

🟩

106

🟨

67

🟥

97

M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

76

76

🔥

1

5

🟩

33

🟨

18

🟥

25

M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

37

37

🔥

2

1

🟩

11

🟨

10

🟥

16

W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

160

160

🔥

40

24

🟩

69

🟨

42

🟥

49

W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

110

110

🔥

18

19

🟩

39

🟨

34

🟥

37

F Ken Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

23

23

🔥

5

5

🟩

10

🟨

7

🟥

6

F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

190

190

🔥

81

28

🟩

72

🟨

46

🟥

72

CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

78

78

🔥

28

17

🟩

29

🟨

19

🟥

30

Substitutes
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🔥

GK Sub

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🟥

🥅

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🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

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🟥

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🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

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🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
What they Said

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