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Game #2270

Aston Villa

7-0-7, 14 PTS

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Saturday, 24 October 1953

12th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Injury | 2 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

Team News

Norman Lockhart replaces Ken Roberts.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

0-1

🟥 24 Oct 1953, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Manchester United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 66' Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Berry
🕒 | FT Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa

Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #9 |
Saturday, 24 October 1953

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1952-1963
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1952-1963

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 64 | 🟩 26 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 29 | ⚽ 118 | 🥅 118 |
League 🕒 59 | 🟩 25 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 25 | ⚽ 110 | 🥅 102 |
FA Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 16 |
Home 🕒 31 | 🟩 17 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 78 | 🥅 50 |
Away 🕒 33 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 20 | ⚽ 40 | 🥅 68 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

Division One

Manchester United

4-6-5, 14 PTS

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Old Trafford

Attendance: 32,106

Wood, Byrne, Foulkes, Whitefoot, Cockburn, Chilton, McShane, Rowley, Pearson, Berry (g), Taylor.

Manager: Matt Busby.

Matt Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1951-52

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
On This Day
  • Eric Houghton's Villa fail to score for the second time in four. and fall to a fourth successive defeat to make it seven wins and seven defeats in fourteen division one games so far this season.

  • Villa slump to joint 12th alongside victors Manchester United

Starting XI
GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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70

70

🔥

1

0

🟩

31

🟨

13

🟥

26

CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

277

277

🔥

3

2

🟩

110

🟨

68

🟥

99

FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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308

308

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4

4

🟩

123

🟨

74

🟥

111

M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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59

59

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4

6

🟩

23

🟨

12

🟥

24

M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
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113

113

🔥

5

11

🟩

50

🟨

25

🟥

38

W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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133

133

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21

24

🟩

49

🟨

38

🟥

46

W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
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27

27

🔥

3

5

🟩

11

🟨

7

🟥

9

CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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111

111

🔥

41

19

🟩

44

🟨

24

🟥

43

CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
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83

83

🔥

32

21

🟩

35

🟨

14

🟥

34

CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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24

24

🔥

8

3

🟩

7

🟨

8

🟥

9

Substitutes
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GK Sub

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Sub 1

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Sub 2

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Sub 3

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Sub 4

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Sub 5

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Match Media
What they Said

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