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Game #2238

Aston Villa

Saturday, 7 February 1953

Lost

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Attendance: 36,134

Manchester United

Old Trafford

Manchester United

3-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

KEY MAN

Davy Walsh, scored for the second consecutive game but Villa's eight game unbeaten run comes to an end as they are beaten at Old Trafford, Saturday, 7 February 1953.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 7 February 1953

ON THIS DAY

George Martin's Villa see their eight game unbeaten run in all competitions ended as they lose at Old Trafford to make it seven wins, nine draws and ten defeats in twenty six division one games so far this season.

Aston Villa

Manchester United

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1951-52

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. Manchester United: | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1952-53 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #97 |
Saturday, 7 February 1953

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-3 |
Last 5 Games | DDDWL |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 97 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 26 🟥 34 | 1.41

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

MATCH OFFICIALS

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

Manchester United

TEAM NEWS

George Martin names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
M Danny Blanchflower |
W Norman Lockhart |
W Colin Gibson |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Tommy Thompson |
F Johnny Dixon |

MANAGER

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Manchester United

Wood, Aston, Carey, Byrne, Cockburn, Chilton, Lewis (g), Rowley (g) (g), Pearson, Pegg, Berry.

Manager: Matt Busby.

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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