Game #2254
Aston Villa
13-13-14, 39 PTS

Saturday, 25 April 1953
12th=
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
GK Dennis Parsons | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Peter Aldis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Harry Parkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Frank Moss | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Larry Canning | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Danny Blanchflower | ๐ฌ๐ง |
M Amos Moss | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | โฝ |
W Colin Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Johnny Dixon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF Davy Walsh | ๐ฎ๐ช | ๐ฅ |
CF Tommy Thompson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
George Martin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 1950-1953

Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 5 |
W Peter McParland | ๐ฌ๐ง |
LB Dicky Dorsett | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Herbert Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Norman Lockhart | ๐ฌ๐ง |
F Ken Roberts | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Team News
George Martin names the same line up for a third successive game.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Johnny Dixon scores his third in two games as Amos Moss scores one and creates one - his third assist in four games - as Villa win on the road at Cardiff.
George Martin's Villa record successive wins to make it thirteen wins, thirteen draws and fourteen defeats in forty division one games so far this season.
Villa climb to joint 12th - their highest placing since November.
Starting XI

Won
2-1
๐ฉ 25 Apr 1953, Villa 2-1 Cardiff, Ninian
Scorer(s) | Johnny Dixon | 30' | Amos Moss | 47' |
Assist(s) | Amos Moss | 30' | Davy Walsh | 47' |
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| 15' Goal, 0-1, (Cardiff City), Grant
โฝ | 30' Goal, 1-1, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Amos Moss
๐ | HT Cardiff City 1-1 Aston Villa
โฝ | 47' Goal, 1-2, Amos Moss, Assist by Davy Walsh
๐ | FT Cardiff City 1-2 Aston Villa
Season | 1952-53 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #110 |
Saturday, 25 April 1953
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: George Martin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Glasgow, 1950-1953
Referee: W. J. Edwards | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Yeovil, 1949-1953
HT Score: ๐จ 1-1
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 2-1
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: W. J. Edwards | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Yeovil, 1949-1953
Match Stats
Not recorded
George Martin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 1950-1953
Villa Career Form:
What they Said
Division One
Cardiff City
14-12-14, 40 PTS
Ninian Park
Attendance: 29,917
Howells, Sullivan, Sherwood, Mansell, Hollyman, Montgomery, Edwards, Chisholm, Williams, Tiddy, Grant (g).
Manager: Cyril Spiers (ex).
Cyril Spiers (ex) | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: ๐
Last Trophy: 1926-27
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1952-53
Playing Squad



























