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Game #2240

Aston Villa

8-9-10, 25 PTS

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Wednesday, 18 February 1953

15th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ken Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
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 | 3 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Team News

George Martin names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

6-0

🟩 18 Feb 1953, Villa 6-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Own Goal | 2' | Davy Walsh | 36' | 83' | Johnny Dixon | 48' | Tommy Thompson | 68' | Billy Goffin | 71' |

Assist(s) | Ken Roberts | 36' | Tommy Thompson | 48' | Billy Goffin | 68' | Davy Walsh | 71' | Danny Blanchflower | 83' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Jimmy Stephen
⚽ | 36’ Goal, 2-0, Davy Walsh, Assist by Ken Roberts
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Portsmouth
⚽ | 48’ Goal, 3-0, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Tommy Thompson
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 4-0, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Billy Goffin
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 5-0, Billy Goffin, Assist by Davy Walsh
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 6-0, Davy Walsh, Assist by Danny Blanchflower
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-0 Portsmouth

Season | 1952-53 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #96 |
Wednesday, 18 February 1953

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Unknown

Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 38 | 🟩 W16 (42% ) | 🟨 D9 | 🇺(66% ) | 🟥 L13 (34% ) | ⚽ 75 | 🥅 65 | GD 10

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

Portsmouth

9-7-13, 25 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 15,181

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

Manager: Eddie Lever.

Eddie Lever | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1949-50

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
On This Day
  • Davy Walsh scores two and creates one for his sixth goal in four game as 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.

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

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

43

43

🔥

1

0

🟩

20

🟨

9

🟥

14

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

251

251

🔥

3

2

🟩

98

🟨

64

🟥

89

FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

278

278

🔥

4

4

🟩

110

🟨

70

🟥

98

LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

262

262

🔥

34

17

🟩

99

🟨

70

🟥

93

M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

84

84

🔥

1

6

🟩

37

🟨

21

🟥

26

W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

164

164

🔥

42

25

🟩

72

🟨

43

🟥

49

F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

198

198

🔥

83

31

🟩

76

🟨

49

🟥

73

F Ken Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

29

29

🔥

5

9

🟩

13

🟨

10

🟥

6

CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

86

86

🔥

32

18

🟩

33

🟨

22

🟥

31

CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

55

55

🔥

18

15

🟩

22

🟨

11

🟥

22

Substitutes
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GK Sub

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🥅

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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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