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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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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

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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

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PROGRAMME

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