Game #2279
Aston Villa
10-2-11, 22 PTS

Thursday, 24 December 1953
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
GK Keith Jones | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
LB Albert Vinall | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Harry Parkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Frank Moss | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Danny Blanchflower | ๐ฌ๐ง |
M Bill Baxter | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Amos Moss | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Colin Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Peter McParland | ๐ฌ๐ง | โฝ |
F Johnny Dixon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF Tommy Thompson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1953-1958

Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
CF Davy Walsh | ๐ฎ๐ช |
LB Peter Aldis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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
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.
Starting XI

Won
2-1
๐ฉ 24 Dec 1953, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Molineux
Scorer(s) | Johnny Dixon | 56' | Peter McParland | 76' |
Assist(s) | Tommy Thompson | 76' |
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| 22' Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Wilshaw
๐ | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Aston Villa
โฝ | 56โ Goal, 1-1, Johnny Dixon
โฝ | 76' Goal, 2-1, Peter McParland, Assist by Tommy Thompson
๐ | 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 | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: John McCann | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Preston
HT Score: ๐ฅ 0-1
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 2-1
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: John McCann | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Preston
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
What they Said
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 | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1948-49
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
1953-54
Playing Squad






























