Game #2223
Aston Villa
5-4-5, 14 PTS
Saturday, 1 November 1952


Won
10th=
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Division One
Stoke
4-1-10, 9 PTS
Victoria Ground
Attendance: 26,659
🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground
Stoke City
1-4

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Danny Blanchflower | 51' | 88' | Stan Lynn | 67' |
🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 1 November 1952
🕒 | HT Stoke City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 51' Goal, 1-0, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Danny Blanchflower
⚽ | 67' Goal, 2-0, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Stan Lynn
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 2-1, (Stoke City), Smyth
⚽ | 77' Goal, 3-1, Danny Blanchflower
⚽ | 88' Goal, 4-1, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Danny Blanchflower
🕒 | FT Stoke City 1-4 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
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
🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 1 November 1952
Johnny Dixon scores a hat-trick on his return to the side after eight weeks out with injury.
Villa concede for the first time in four games but hammer Stoke on their own patch to go seven unbeaten and climb to joint 10th.
Villa make it five wins, four draws and five defeats in fourteen division one games so far in 1952-53.
🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

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
Stoke


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1952-53 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #79 |
Saturday, 1 November 1952
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🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: George Martin | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
Referee: John Bowers | 🏴 | Huddersfield, 1949-1953
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Martin | 🏴 | 1950-1953
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Bowers | 🏴 | Huddersfield, 1949-1953
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Johnny Dixon replaces Norman Lockhart.
Not recorded
🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground
MANAGER
George Martin | 🏴 | 1950-1953

Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 🔥 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴 |
W Herbert Smith | 🏴 |
F Ken Roberts | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Frank Taylor | 🏴 |

Stoke
Robertson, McCue, Bourne, Farrow, Thomson, Sellars, Smyth (g), Siddall, Oscroft, McClelland, Finney.
Manager: Frank Taylor.
🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 7 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground


MATCH REPORTS









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🟩 1 Nov 1952, Villa 4-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

