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Game #2253

Aston Villa

Saturday, 18 April 1953

Aston Villa

4-3

Sheffield Wednesday

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

Villa Park

Attendance: 26,654

Won

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

KEY MAN

Johnny Dixon, scored a brace to help Villa earn a first win in four, Saturday, 18 April 1953.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 18 April 1953

ON THIS DAY

George Martin's Villa win for the first time in four to make it twelve wins, thirteen draws and fourteen defeats in thirty nine division one games so far this season.

Aston Villa

Sheffield Wednesday

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1934–35

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Sheffield Wednesday

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 |

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1952-53 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #112 |
Saturday, 18 April 1953

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 4-3 |
Last 5 Games | WLDDW |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 112 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 30 🟥 39 | 1.42

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

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TEAM NEWS

George Martin names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss |
M Larry Canning |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Amos Moss |
W Colin Gibson |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Tommy Thompson |
F Johnny Dixon |

MANAGER

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Sheffield Wednesday

McIntosh, Kenny, Curtis, Davies, O’Donnell, Gannon, Quixall, Slater, Woodhead, Marriott (g), Sewell (ex) (g).

Manager: Eric Taylor.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED

Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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