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Game #2282

Aston Villa

Saturday, 9 January 1954

Arsenal

5-1

Aston Villa

FA Cup

Arsenal

Highbury

Attendance: 50,990

Lost

3rd Round

LWLLL

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

KEY MAN

Peter McParland, scored as Villa lose heavily at Highbury in the 3rd round of the FA Cup, Saturday, 9 January 1954.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 9 January 1954

ON THIS DAY

Eric Houghton's Villa lose for the fifth time in six as they are knocked out of the FA Cup by Arsenal.

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 |

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #26 |
Manager Game | #22 |
Saturday, 9 January 1954

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-5 |
Last 5 Games | LWLLL |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 22 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 2 🟥 12 | 1.18

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

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TEAM NEWS

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

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Frank Moss |
M Danny Blanchflower |
W Colin Gibson |
M Amos Moss |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Peter McParland |
F Tommy Thompson |

MANAGER

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Arsenal

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED

Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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