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Game #2266

Saturday, 26 September 1953

Attendance: 39,586

Won

Division One

Sheffield United

LWWWW

Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-0

Sheffield United

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Davy Walsh, scored his seventh in seven as Villa record their biggest win to date under Eric Houghton, Saturday, 26 September 1953.

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ON THIS DAY

Eric Houghton's Villa continue their excellent form under the new boss as they make if five wins in six and seven wins and three defeats in ten division one games so far this season.

Aston Villa

Sheffield United

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1924–25

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sheffield United

Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #6 |
Saturday, 26 September 1953

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 4-0 |
Last 5 Games | LWWWW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Sheffield United

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TEAM NEWS

Eric Houghton names the same line up for a fourth successive game.

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 |

Sheffield United

Burgin, Furniss, Shaw J, Shaw G, Walker, Dawson, Hawksworth, Browning, Brook, Bottom, Ringstead.

Manager: Reg Freeman.

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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