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Game #2270

Aston Villa

Saturday, 24 October 1953

Lost

WLLLL

Division One

Attendance: 32,106

Manchester United

Old Trafford

Manchester United

1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

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Saturday, 24 October 1953

ON THIS DAY

Eric Houghton's Villa fall to a fourth successive defeat to make it seven wins and seven defeats in fourteen division one games so far this season.

Aston Villa

Manchester United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. Manchester United: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #10 |
Saturday, 24 October 1953

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-1 |
Last 5 Games | WLLLL |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 10 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 0 🟥 5 | 1.50

Career Form:

Top 8

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

All the matches refereed by:

CARDS

Villa

Manchester United

TEAM NEWS

Norman Lockhart replaces Ken Roberts.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Dennis Parsons |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Amos Moss |
W Colin Gibson |
W Norman Lockhart |
CF Derek Pace |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Tommy Thompson |

Manchester United

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

Manager: Matt Busby.

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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