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Game #2268

Aston Villa

Saturday, 10 October 1953

Lost

WWWLL

Division One

Attendance: 37,759

Liverpool

Anfield

Liverpool

6-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

KEY MAN

Davy Walsh, scored his eighth in eight as Villa suffer their heaviest defeat of the season, Saturday, 10 October 1953.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 10 October 1953

ON THIS DAY

Eric Houghton's Villa follow up their heaviest defeat of the season with an even heavier one as they make it seven wins and five defeats in twelve division one games so far this season.

Aston Villa

Liverpool

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1946-47

FIXTURE HISTORY

Liverpool

Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #8 |
Saturday, 10 October 1953

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-6 |
Last 5 Games | WWWLL |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 8 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 0 🟥 3 | 1.88

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

MATCH OFFICIALS

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

Liverpool

TEAM NEWS

Villa revert to the line up that had provided so much early success to Eric Houghton as Danny Blanchflower, Norman Lockhart and Davy Walsh replace Larry Canning, Billy Goffin and Derek Pace.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 |

MANAGER

Don Welsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Liverpool

Crossley, Spicer, Paisley (g), Hughes, Saunders, Payne (g), Jones, Bimpson, Baron, Liddell (g), Smyth (g) (g).

Manager: Don Welsh.

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

LEAGUE TABLE

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