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Game #2240

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 18 February 1953

Won

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Attendance: 15,181

Portsmouth

Villa Park

Aston Villa

6-0

Portsmouth

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

KEY MAN

Davy Walsh, scored his sixth in four games as Villa hammer Portsmouth at Villa Park, Wednesday, 18 February 1953.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 18 February 1953

ON THIS DAY

George Martin's Villa hammer Portsmouth at Villa Park to make it eight wins, nine draws and ten defeats in twenty seven division one games so far this season.

Aston Villa

Portsmouth

League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1949-50

FIXTURE HISTORY

Portsmouth

Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1952-53 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #99 |
Wednesday, 18 February 1953

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 6-0 |
Last 5 Games | DWLWW |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 99 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 26 🟥 34 | 1.44

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

All the matches refereed by:

CARDS

Villa

Portsmouth

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 Billy Goffin |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Tommy Thompson |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Ken Roberts |

MANAGER

Eddie Lever | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Portsmouth

Uprichard, Ferrier, Stephen, Scoular, Flewin, Dickinson, Phillips, Harris, Reid, Reagan, Henderson.

Manager: Eddie Lever.

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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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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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