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Game #2238

Aston Villa

7-9-10, 23 PTS

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Saturday, 7 February 1953

16th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

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

Unavailable

Injury | 4 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

George Martin names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

1-3

🟥 7 Feb 1953, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford
Scorer(s) | Davy Walsh | 27' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 23' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Rowley
⚽ | 27' Goal, 1-1, Davy Walsh
🥅 | 31' Goal, 1-2, (Manchester United), Lewis
🕒 | HT Manchester United 2-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 48' Goal, 1-3, (Manchester United), Rowley
🕒 | FT Manchester United 3-1 Aston Villa

Season | 1952-53 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #94 |
Saturday, 7 February 1953

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1952-1963
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Officials

Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1952-1963

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 63 | 🟩 26 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 28 | ⚽ 118 | 🥅 117 |
League 🕒 58 | 🟩 25 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 24 | ⚽ 110 | 🥅 101 |
FA Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 16 |
Home 🕒 31 | 🟩 17 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 78 | 🥅 50 |
Away 🕒 32 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 19 | ⚽ 40 | 🥅 67 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1950-1953

Villa Career Form:

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Division One

Manchester United

13-6-9, 32 PTS

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Old Trafford

Attendance: 36,134

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

Manager: Matt Busby.

Matt Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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: 1951-52

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

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

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

🥅

LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

41

41

🔥

1

0

🟩

18

🟨

9

🟥

14

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

249

249

🔥

3

2

🟩

96

🟨

64

🟥

89

FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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276

276

🔥

4

4

🟩

108

🟨

70

🟥

98

LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

260

260

🔥

34

17

🟩

97

🟨

70

🟥

93

M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

82

82

🔥

1

5

🟩

35

🟨

21

🟥

26

W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

115

115

🔥

20

19

🟩

41

🟨

36

🟥

38

W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

15

15

🔥

1

1

🟩

3

🟨

7

🟥

5

F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

196

196

🔥

82

31

🟩

74

🟨

49

🟥

73

CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

84

84

🔥

31

17

🟩

31

🟨

22

🟥

31

CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

53

53

🔥

14

14

🟩

20

🟨

11

🟥

22

Substitutes
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GK Sub

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Sub 1

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Sub 2

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Sub 3

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Sub 4

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Sub 5

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Match Media
What they Said

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