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Game #2174

Aston Villa

6-1-1, 13 PTS

Saturday, 15 September 1951

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Won

2nd

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Blackpool

4-1-4, 9 PTS

Bloomfield Road

Attendance: 31,783

🟩 15 Sep 1951, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

Blackpool

0-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Amos Moss | 51' | Billy Goffin | 71' |

🟩 15 Sep 1951, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 September 1951

🕒 | HT Blackpool 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 51' Goal, 1-0, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Amos Moss
⚽ | 71' Goal, 2-0, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Billy Goffin
⚽ | 88' Goal, 3-0, Johnny Dixon
🕒 | FT Blackpool 0-3 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

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Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 15 Sep 1951, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 15 September 1951
  • Villa win away to Blackpool for the first time since War time football as Johnny Dixon scores his 5th and 6th goals of the season Villa to help Villa to a fourth successive victory in their run of 7 unbeaten games,

  • Villa move to outright second place, one point behind leaders Manchester United.

🟩 15 Sep 1951, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Blackpool

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackpool
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Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 15 Sep 1951, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1951-52 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #30 |
Saturday, 15 September 1951

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🟩 15 Sep 1951, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
Referee: Clifford Fletcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northwich
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1950-1953

Villa Career Form:

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1950-1953

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 15 Sep 1951, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Clifford Fletcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northwich, 1936-

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 15 Sep 1951, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Amos Moss replaces Derek Pace whilst defender Con Martin continues to be selected as goalkeeper in the absence of Joe Rutherford.

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 15 Sep 1951, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

MANAGER

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1950-1953

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Aston Villa

GK Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Herbert Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Joe Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackpool

Farm, Hayward, Wright, Shimwell, Slater, Fenton, Kelly, Matthews, Stephenson, Perry, Mortensen.

Manager: Joe Smith.

Line Ups

🟩 15 Sep 1951, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 15 Sep 1951, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Squad Bios

🟩 15 Sep 1951, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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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Injury | 4 |
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Reported

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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MATCH VIDEO
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