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
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37
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 |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 1 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 0 🟥 0 | 3.00
Career Form:
Champions
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
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
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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