Game #2273
Aston Villa
Saturday, 14 November 1953
Won
LLDLW
Division One
Attendance: 20,735
Middlesbrough
Villa Park
Aston Villa
5-3
Middlesbrough
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Tommy Thompson, scored a hat-trick to help Villa to a first win in seven, Saturday, 14 November 1953.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 14 November 1953
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa win for the first time in seven to make it eight wins, one draw and eight defeats in seventeen division one games so far this season.
Meanwhile, forward Roy Chapman made a goalscoring Villa debut after joining from junior football in November 1951.
Aston Villa
Middlesbrough
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Middlesbrough
Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #13 |
Saturday, 14 November 1953
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 5-3 |
Last 5 Games | LLDLW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 13 | 🟩 | 6 🟨 1 🟥 6 | 1.46
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Middlesbrough
TEAM NEWS
Larry Canning, Colin Gibson and Roy Chapman (debut) replace Amos Moss, Ken Roberts and Johnny Dixon.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Dennis Parsons |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Larry Canning |
W Colin Gibson |
W Norman Lockhart |
F Roy Chapman |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Tommy Thompson |
MANAGER
Walter Rowley | 🏴 |
Middlesbrough
Ugolini, Hepple, Bilcliff, Robinson, Bell, Fitzsimons, Rayment (g), McPherson (g), Delapenha (g), Gordon, Hartnett.
Manager: Walter Rowley.
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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