Game #2245
Aston Villa
Saturday, 14 March 1953
Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 32,552
Manchester City
Maine Road
Manchester City
4-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Tommy Thompson, scored but Villa lose to Manchester minnows City, Saturday, 14 March 1953.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 14 March 1953
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
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
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 | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-4 |
Last 5 Games | DLLWL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
George Martin | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 104 | 🟩 | 40 🟨 27 🟥 37 | 1.41
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
George Martin | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴 |
LB 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 |
MANAGER
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
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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