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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

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PROGRAMME

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