Game #2257
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 19 August 1953
Lost
WWWLL
Division One
Attendance: 50,202
Tottenham Hotspur
White Hart Lane
Tottenham Hotspur
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Harry Parkes, scored an own goal to hand Tottenham the victory on the opening day, Wednesday, 19 August 1953.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 19 August 1953
ON THIS DAY
George Martin's Villa open the season with defeat as a Harry Parkes own goal hands the spoils to Spurs.
Meanwhile, winger Herbert Smith made his final appearance for Villa before moving on to Southend United in June 1954. Smith played for Villa between 1948-49 and 1953-54 making 54 appearances and scoring 9 goals.
Aston Villa
Tottenham Hotspur
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1950-51
FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟨 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #116 |
Wednesday, 19 August 1953
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Martin |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-1 |
Last 5 Games | WWWLL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
George Martin | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 116 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 30 🟥 41 | 1.42
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
George Martin | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Tottenham Hotspur
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
George Martin | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Dennis Parsons |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Amos Moss |
W Colin Gibson |
W Herbert Smith |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |
MANAGER
Tottenham Hotspur
Ditchburn, Withers, Burgess, Clarke, Ramsey, Baily, Marchi, Bennett, Walters, Duquemin, Robb.
Manager: Arthur Rowe.
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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