Game #2245
Aston Villa
9-10-12, 28 PTS
Saturday, 14 March 1953
16th=
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴 |
F Ken Roberts | 🏴 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
George Martin | 🏴 | 1950-1953
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 | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
Team News
Dennis Parsons and Billy Goffin replace Ken Jones and Johnny Dixon.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Lost
1-4
🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road
Scorer(s) | Tommy Thompson | 60' |
Assist(s) | Danny Blanchflower | 80' |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 15' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City) Spurdle
🕒 | HT Manchester City 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 50' Goal, 0-2, (Manchester City) Spurdle
🥅 | 53' Goal, 0-3, (Manchester City) Spurdle
⚽ | 80' Goal, 1-3, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Danny Blanchflower
🥅 | 82' Goal, 1-4, (Manchester City) Anders
🕒 | FT Manchester City 4-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1952-53 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #101 |
Saturday, 14 March 1953
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: George Martin | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
Referee: Jack Sherlock | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1947-1957
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Officials
Referee: Jack Sherlock | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1947-1957
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨
Head to Head
Total 🕒 74 | 🟩 30 | 🟨 15 | 🟥 29 | ⚽ 129 | 🥅 125 |
League 🕒 68 | 🟩 28 | 🟨 14 | 🟥 26 | ⚽ 120 | 🥅 112 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 12 |
Home 🕒 38 | 🟩 25 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 5 | ⚽ 83 | 🥅 39 |
Away 🕒 35 | 🟩 5 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 23 | ⚽ 45 | 🥅 64 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 6 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
George Martin | 🏴 | 1950-1953
Villa Career Form:
Division One
Manchester City
10-5-17, 25 PTS
Maine Road
Attendance: 32,552
Trautmann, Whitfield, Hannaway, Branagan, Ewing, Paul, Cunliffe, Spurdle (g) (g) (g). McCourt, Broadis, Anders (g).
Manager: Les McDowell.
Les McDowall | 🏴 |
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: 1936-37
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
Tommy Thompson scores but Villa lose to the Manchester minnows and they now have one win in four to fall back to 16th in the table.
Having lost just once in the previous 11, Villa now have three defeats in four.
Villa make it nine wins, ten draws and twelve defeats in thirty one division one games so far in 1952-53.
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Match Media
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