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Game #2263

Saturday, 12 September 1953

Attendance: 37,284

Won

Division One

Blackpool

WWWLW

Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

Blackpool

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Davy Walsh, scored for the fourth successive game as Villa get back to winning ways under new boss Eric Houghton, Saturday, 12 September 1953.

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MATCH TIMELINE

ON THIS DAY

Eric Houghton's Villa beat Blackpool to make it four wins and three defeats in seven division one games so far this season.

Aston Villa

Blackpool

FIXTURE HISTORY

Blackpool

Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 12 September 1953

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-1 |
Last 5 Games | WWWLW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Blackpool

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

Frank Moss and Colin Gibson replace Con Martin and Larry Canning.

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 |
W Colin Gibson |
W Norman Lockhart |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |

Blackpool

Farm, Shimwell, Garrett, Johnston, Hobson, Fenton, Kelly, Taylor, Perry, Mudie, Mortensen (g).

Manager: Joe Smith.

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

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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