Game #2279
Aston Villa
Thursday, 24 December 1953
Won
WDLLW
Division One
Attendance: 40,536
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Molineux
Wolves
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Johnny Dixon, scored for the second game in succession as Villa win for the first time in four, Thursday, 24 December 1953.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 24 December 1953
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa win for the first time in four to make it ten wins, two draws and eleven defeats in twenty three division one games so far this season.
Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1948-49
FIXTURE HISTORY
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Previous 5 vs. Wolves: | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #19 |
Thursday, 24 December 1953
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-1 |
Last 5 Games | WDLLW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 19 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 2 🟥 9 | 1.37
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers
TEAM NEWS
Albert Vinall, Amos Moss and Peter McParland replace Peter Aldis, Norman Lockhart and Ken O Roberts.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
FB Albert Vinall |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Bill Baxter |
M Amos Moss |
W Colin Gibson |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Peter McParland |
F Tommy Thompson |
MANAGER
Stan Cullis | 🏴 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sims (ex), Short, Shorthouse, Pritchard, Wright, Slater, Broadbent (ex), Swinbourne, Hancocks, Wilshaw (g), Mullen.
Manager: Stan Cullis.
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