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
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 3 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
Dennis Parsons and Billy Goffin replace Ken Jones and Johnny Dixon.
Not recorded
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.

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

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: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Referee: Jack Sherlock | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1947-1957
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨
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 |
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
George Martin | 🏴 | 1950-1953
Villa Career Form:
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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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
None
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
