Game #2274
Aston Villa
8-1-9, 17 PTS

Saturday, 21 November 1953
14th
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
M Larry Canning | 🏴 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
F Roy Chapman | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958

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Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
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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 | 1 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Team News
Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.
Team Stats
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Debut Appearances
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Final Appearances
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Lost
2-3
🟥 21 Nov 1953, Villa 2-3 Burnley, Turf Moor
Scorer(s) | Roy Chapman | 44' | 89' |
Assist(s) | Tommy Thompson | 44' | Norman Lockhart | 89' |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 24' Goal, 0-1, (Burnley), Stephenson
🥅 | 36' Goal, 0-2, (Burnley), Gray
⚽ | 44' Goal, 1-2, Roy Chapman, Assist by Tommy Thompson
🕒 | HT Burnley 2-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49' Goal, 1-3, (Burnley), McIlroy
⚽ | 89' Goal, 2-3, Roy Chapman, Assist by Norman Lockhart
🕒 | FT Burnley 3-2 Aston Villa
Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #13 |
Saturday, 21 November 1953

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Leonard Peake | 🏴 | Rotherham, 1952-1954
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
Officials
Referee: Leonard Peake | 🏴 | Rotherham, 1952-1954
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:

Division One
Burnley
12-0-7, 24 PTS

Turf Moor
Attendance: 26,868
Thompson, Aird, Mather, Cummings, Shannon, Seith, McIlroy (g), Adamson, Holden, Gray (g), Stephenson (g).
Manager: Frank Hill.
Frank Hill | 🏴 |

Substitutes
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Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
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Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1920-21
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded

On This Day
Villa, searching for their first win at Turf Moor in 17 years, see Roy Chapman grab his third goal in two games since his debut as he scores a minute before the end of each half but Villa lose for the sixth time in eight under Eric Houghton.
Villa make it eight wins, one draw and nine defeats in eighteen division one games so far in 1953-54 as they languish in 14th.
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