Game #2261
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 2 September 1953
Won
LLWWW
Division One
Attendance: 24,918
Manchester City
Maine Road
Manchester City
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Davy Walsh, scored for the second successive game to make it three wins in a row and a first match victory for new boss Eric Houghton, Wednesday, 2 September 1953.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 2 September 1953
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa make it three consecutive wins after the new boss wins his first game in charge to make it three wins and two defeats in five division one games so far this season.
Aston Villa
Manchester City
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Wednesday, 2 September 1953
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 1-0 |
Last 5 Games | LLWWW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Manchester City
TEAM NEWS
Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up from George Martin's last game in charge.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Houghton
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 |
Manchester City
Trautmann, Whitfield, Branagan, Little, Ewing, Paul, Spurdle, Broadis, Anders, Clarke, Revie.
Manager: Les McDowall.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES