Game #2272
Aston Villa
7-1-8, 15 PTS
Saturday, 7 November 1953
13th=
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
F Ken Roberts | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
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 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Team News
Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Lost
1-3
🟥 7 Nov 1953, Villa 1-3 Wednesday, Hillsborough
Scorer(s) | Tommy Thompson | 82' |
Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 82' |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 9' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Quixall
🥅 | 22' Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), Shaw
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Aston Villa
❌ | Saved penalty, Dennis Parsons
🥅 | 70' Goal, 0-3, (Sheffield Wednesday), Finney
⚽ | 82' Goal, 1-3, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #11 |
Saturday, 7 November 1953
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Jack Topliss | 🏴 | Grimsby, 1953-1959
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Officials
Referee: Jack Topliss | 🏴 | Grimsby, 1953-1959
Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 75 | 🟩 W37 (49% ) | 🟨 D7 | 🇺(59% ) | 🟥 L31 (41% ) | ⚽ 165 | 🥅 137 | GD 28
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Division One
Sheffield Wednesday
8-2-8, 18 PTS
Hillsborough
Attendance: 30,687
Ryalls, Conwell, Curtis, O’Donnell, McAnearney, Gannon, Quixall (g), Woodhead, Shaw (g), Finney (g), Sewell (ex).
Manager: Eric Taylor.
Eric Taylor | 🏴 |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
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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: 1934–35
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
Dennis Parsons saves Villa from an even bigger beating as they fall to a fifth defeat in six under Eric Houghton in a game they are never really in.
Villa's terrible run continues as they make it seven wins, one draw and eight defeats in sixteen division one games so far in 1953-54.
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