Game #2289
Aston Villa
Saturday, 13 March 1954
Drew
DDWWD
Division One
Attendance: 26,023
Manchester United
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-2
Manchester United
Assist(s) | Not recorded
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
Manchester United
Previous 5 vs. Manchester United: | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
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
Career Form:
Mid Table
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Manchester United
TEAM NEWS
Eric Houghton names the same line up for the fifth successive game.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
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 |
Manchester United
Crompton, Byrne, Foulkes, Whitefoot, Blanchflower, Cockburn, Chilton, Rowley, Viollet, Berry, Taylor (g) (g).
Manager: Matt Busby.
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 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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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