Game #2279
Aston Villa
10-2-11, 22 PTS
Thursday, 24 December 1953
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
LB Albert Vinall | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Substitutes
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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 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
Team News
Albert Vinall, Amos Moss and Peter McParland replace Peter Aldis, Norman Lockhart and Ken O Roberts.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Won
2-1
🟩 24 Dec 1953, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux
Scorer(s) | Johnny Dixon | 56' | Peter McParland | 76' |
Assist(s) | Tommy Thompson | 76' |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 22' Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Wilshaw
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 1-1, Johnny Dixon
⚽ | 76' Goal, 2-1, Peter McParland, Assist by Tommy Thompson
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Aston Villa
Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #18 |
Thursday, 24 December 1953
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: John McCann | 🏴 | Preston
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Officials
Referee: John McCann | 🏴 | Preston
Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 68 | 🟩 W31 (46% ) | 🟨 D16 | 🇺(69% ) | 🟥 L21 (31% ) | ⚽ 140 | 🥅 112 | GD 28
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Division One
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Molineux
Attendance: 40,536
Sims, Short, Shorthouse, Pritchard, Wright, Slater, Broadbent, Swinbourne, Hancocks, Wilshaw (g), Mullen.
Manager: Stan Cullis.
Stan Cullis | 🏴 |
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: 1948-49
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
Johnny Dixon, scored for the second game in succession as Villa win for the first time in four.
Villa make it ten wins, two draws and eleven defeats in twenty three division one games so far this season.
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