Game #2260
Aston Villa
Saturday, 29 August 1953
Aston Villa
2-1
Arsenal
Division One
Arsenal
Villa Park
Attendance: 33,731
Won
LLLWW
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Davy Walsh, scored to help Villa to a second successive victory in George Martin's final game in charge, Saturday, 29 August 1953.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 29 August 1953
ON THIS DAY
George Martin's Villa play at home and win for the second successive game to make it two wins and two defeats in four division one games so far this season. Despite the upturn in form however this proves to be Martin's final game in charge of 119 matches during which he had delivered a win rate of 39% and League finishes of 15th, 6th and 11th.
Aston Villa
Arsenal
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1952–53
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #119 |
Saturday, 29 August 1953
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Martin |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-1 |
Last 5 Games | LLLWW |
MANAGER
George Martin | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Amos Moss |
M Larry Canning |
W Norman Lockhart |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |
MANAGER
Arsenal
Kelsey, Wade, Dodgin, Evans, Mercer, Forbes (g), Lishman, Roper, Goring, Ward, Logie.
Manager: Tom Whittaker.
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
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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