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Game #2245

Aston Villa

9-10-12, 28 PTS

Saturday, 14 March 1953

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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

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Danny Blanchflower | 80' |

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

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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

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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

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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

Manchester City

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester City

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Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

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

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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Manager: George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
Referee: Jack Sherlock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
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

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jack Sherlock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield

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

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

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Dennis Parsons and Billy Goffin replace Ken Jones and Johnny Dixon.

Not recorded

Referee

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

MANAGER

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1950-1953

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester City

Trautmann, Whitfield, Hannaway, Branagan, Ewing, Paul, Cunliffe, Spurdle (g) (g) (g). McCourt, Broadis, Anders (g).

Manager: Les McDowell.

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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MATCH VIDEO

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