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Game #2289

Aston Villa

Saturday, 13 March 1954

Aston Villa

2-2

Manchester United

Division One

Manchester United

Villa Park

Attendance: 26,023

Drew

DDWWD

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

KEY MAN

Tommy Thompson, scored his seventh in seven games as Villa make it five games unbeaten, Saturday, 13 March 1954.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 13 March 1954

ON THIS DAY

Eric Houghton's Villa make it five unbeaten and twelve wins, six draws and fourteen defeats in thirty two division one games so far this season.

Aston Villa

Manchester United

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1951-52

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. Manchester United: | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟥 |

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #28 |
Saturday, 6 March 1954

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 2-2 |
Last 5 Games | DDWWD |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 29 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 6 🟥 13 | 1.24

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

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TEAM NEWS

Eric Houghton names the same line up for the fifth successive game.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Ken Jones |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
FB Peter Aldis |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Bill Baxter |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Ken O Roberts |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Peter McParland |
F Tommy Thompson |

MANAGER

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Manchester United

Crompton, Byrne, Foulkes, Whitefoot, Blanchflower, Cockburn, Chilton, Rowley, Viollet, Berry, Taylor (g) (g).

Manager: Matt Busby.

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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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