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Game #2255

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 29 April 1953

Won

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Attendance: 18,876

Cardiff City

Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-0

Cardiff City

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

KEY MAN

Davy Walsh, scored to help Villa secure a third successive League win, Wednesday, 29 April 1953.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 29 April 1953

ON THIS DAY

George Martin's Villa record three successive League wins for the first time this season to make it fourteen wins, thirteen draws and fourteen defeats in forty one division one games.

Aston Villa

Cardiff City

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1926-27

FIXTURE HISTORY

Cardiff City

Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1952-53 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #114 |
Wednesday, 29 April 1953

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-0 |
Last 5 Games | DDWWW |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 114 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 30 🟥 39 | 1.45

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

MATCH OFFICIALS

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

Cardiff City

TEAM NEWS

George Martin names the same line up for a fourth successive game.

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

Cyril Spiers (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Cardiff City

Vearncombe, Sherwood, Hollyman, Frowen, Montgomery, Blair, Williams, Tiddy, Thomas, Northcott, Chisholm.

Manager: Cyril Spiers (ex).

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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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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

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