Game #2245
Aston Villa
9-10-12, 28 PTS
Saturday, 14 March 1953


Lost
16th=
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Division One
Manchester City
10-5-17, 25 PTS
Maine Road
Attendance: 32,552
🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road
Manchester City
4-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Danny Blanchflower | 80' |
🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 14 March 1953
🥅 | 15' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City) Spurdle
🕒 | HT Manchester City 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 50' Goal, 0-2, (Manchester City) Spurdle
🥅 | 53' Goal, 0-3, (Manchester City) Spurdle
⚽ | 80' Goal, 1-3, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Danny Blanchflower
🥅 | 82' Goal, 1-4, (Manchester City) Anders
🕒 | FT Manchester City 4-1 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
🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 14 March 1953
Tommy Thompson scores but Villa lose to the Manchester minnows and they now have one win in four to fall back to 16th in the table.
Having lost just once in the previous 11, Villa now have three defeats in four.
Villa make it nine wins, ten draws and twelve defeats in thirty one division one games so far in 1952-53.
🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

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
Manchester City


League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37
🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1952-53 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #104 |
Saturday, 14 March 1953
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🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: George Martin | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
Referee: Jack Sherlock | 🏴 | Sheffield
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Martin | 🏴 | 1950-1953
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jack Sherlock | 🏴 | Sheffield
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
🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Dennis Parsons and Billy Goffin replace Ken Jones and Johnny Dixon.
Not recorded
🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road
MANAGER
George Martin | 🏴 | 1950-1953

Aston Villa
GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴 |
F Ken Roberts | 🏴 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Les McDowall | 🏴 |

Manchester City
Trautmann, Whitfield, Hannaway, Branagan, Ewing, Paul, Cunliffe, Spurdle (g) (g) (g). McCourt, Broadis, Anders (g).
Manager: Les McDowell.
🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road
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
🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
🕒 | ✅ | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 3 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road


MATCH REPORTS









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🟥 14 Mar 1953, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Maine Road

