Game #2284
Aston Villa
Saturday, 23 January 1954
Lost
LLLDL
Division One
Attendance: 16,629
Blackpool
Bloomfield Road
Blackpool
3-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Tommy Thompson, scored his third in two games but his brace can't prevent defeat at Bloomfield, Saturday, 23 January 1954.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 January 1954
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa lost for the sixth time in eight to make it ten wins, three draws and fourteen defeats in twenty seven division one games so far this season.
Meanwhile, forward Ken O Roberts made his Villa debut after moving from Wrexham in May 1953.
Aston Villa
Blackpool
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1952-53
FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackpool
Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Saturday, 23 January 1954
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 2-3 |
Last 5 Games | LLLDL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 24 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 3 🟥 13 | 1.13
Career Form:
Bottom 8
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Blackpool
TEAM NEWS
Ken O Roberts (debut), Peter Aldis and Amos Moss replace Roy Chapman, Amos Moss and Frank Moss.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Con Martin |
FB Peter Aldis |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Bill Baxter |
M Amos Moss |
F Ken O Roberts |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Peter McParland |
F Tommy Thompson |
Blackpool
Farm, Crosland, Frith, Shimwell, Garrett, Kelly, Mudie, Stephenson (g), Harris, Taylor, Perry (g) (g).
Manager: Joe Smith.
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 Reported
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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