Game #2245
Saturday, 14 March 1953
Attendance: 32,552
Lost
Division One
Manchester City
DLLWL
Maine Road
Manchester City
4-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Tommy Thompson, scored but Villa lose to Manchester minnows City, Saturday, 14 March 1953.
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
ON THIS DAY
George Martin's Villa lose for the second time in three League games to make it nine wins, ten draws and twelve defeats in thirty one division one games so far this season.
Aston Villa
Manchester City
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟨 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1952-53 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #104 |
Saturday, 14 March 1953
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Martin |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-4 |
Last 5 Games | DLLWL |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Manchester City
TEAM NEWS
Dennis Parsons and Billy Goffin replace Ken Jones and Johnny Dixon.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
George Martin
MANAGER
Aston Villa
GK Dennis Parsons |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Con Martin |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
M Danny Blanchflower |
W Colin Gibson |
W Billy Goffin |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Tommy Thompson |
F Ken Roberts |
Manchester City
Trautmann, Whitfield, Hannaway, Branagan, Ewing, Paul, Cunliffe, Spurdle (g) (g) (g). McCourt, Broadis, Anders (g).
Manager: Les McDowell.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
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