Game #2277
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 December 1953
Lost
WLWDL
Division One
Attendance: 27,480
Tottenham Hotspur
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-2
Tottenham Hotspur
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Danny Blanchflower, scored but Villa lose for the first time in three, Saturday, 12 December 1953.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 December 1953
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa lose for the seventh time in eleven matches to make it nine wins, two draws and ten defeats in twenty one division one games so far this season.
Aston Villa
Tottenham Hotspur
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1950-51
FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #17 |
Saturday, 12 December 1953
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-2 |
Last 5 Games | WLWDL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 17 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 2 🟥 8 | 1.35
Career Form:
Mid Table
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Tottenham Hotspur
TEAM NEWS
Stan Lynn, Amos Moss and Norman Lockhart replace Harry Parkes, Bill Baxter and Ken Roberts.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Frank Moss |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Amos Moss |
W Colin Gibson |
W Norman Lockhart |
F Johnny Dixon |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Tommy Thompson |
Tottenham Hotspur
Ditchburn, Withers, Clarke, Ramsey, Baily (g), Britton, Nicholson, Bennett, Walters (g), Duquemin, Robb.
Manager: Arthur Rowe.
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
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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