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Game #2282

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 9 January 1954

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad:

Injury | 1 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Peter Aldis and Colin Gibson replace Albert Vinall and Bill Baxter.

Not recorded

  • Villa find themselves 0-3 down in 9' before hitting their only goal to go into the interval 2 behind, 2 second half goals leave Eric Houghton's Villa beaten for the fifth time in six as they are knocked out of the FA Cup by Arsenal.

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Lost

1-5

🟥 9 Jan 1954, Villa 1-5 Arsenal, Highbury
Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 19' |

Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 19' |

Match Timeline:

🥅 | 1' Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Roper
🥅 | 6' Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Milton
🥅 | 9' Goal, 0-3, (Arsenal), Holton
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 1-3, Peter McParland, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🕒 | HT Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 61' Goal, 1-4, (Arsenal), Logie
🥅 | 82' Goal, 1-5, (Arsenal), Roper
🕒 | FT Arsenal 5-1 Aston Villa

Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #26 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Saturday, 9 January 1954

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Arthur Ellis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Halifax, 1950-1955
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-5
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Referee: Arthur Ellis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Halifax, 1950-1955

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
105
🟩
40
🟨
0
105
🟨
19
🟥
0
0
🟥
46
0
🥅
21
178
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
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59
🟩
20
🟨
0
59
🟨
19
🟥
0
6
🟥
20
1
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
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288
🟩
113
🟨
0
288
🟨
70
🟥
1
3
🟥
105
2
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
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79
🟩
33
🟨
0
79
🟨
15
🟥
0
1
🟥
31
0
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
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66
🟩
24
🟨
0
66
🟨
13
🟥
0
4
🟥
29
7
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
5
🟩
1
🟨
0
5
🟨
0
🟥
0
2
🟥
4
0
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
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229
🟩
89
🟨
0
229
🟨
54
🟥
0
94
🟥
86
34
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
Games
Results
Cards
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92
🟩
37
🟨
0
92
🟨
16
🟥
0
34
🟥
39
22
Sub 2
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M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
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125
🟩
53
🟨
0
125
🟨
27
🟥
0
6
🟥
45
11
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
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142
🟩
52
🟨
0
142
🟨
39
🟥
0
21
🟥
51
25
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
123
🟩
47
🟨
0
123
🟨
26
🟥
0
48
🟥
50
22
Sub 1
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Player Profile
Sub 3
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Player Profile
Sub 5
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Player Profile

FA Cup

Arsenal

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Highbury

Attendance: 50,990

Kesley
Wills
Wade
Dickson
Dodgin
Forbes
Milton
Logie
Holton
Lishman
Roper

Tom Whittaker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1952–53

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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