Game #2258
Aston Villa
0-0-2, 0 PTS
Saturday, 22 August 1953
Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Division One
Cardiff City
1-1-0, 3 PTS
Ninian Park
Attendance: 36,671
🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian
Cardiff City
2-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 22 August 1953
🥅 | 5' Goal, 0-1, (Cardiff City), Rainford
🥅 | 23' Goal, 0-2, (Cardiff City), Thomas
🕒 | HT Cardiff City 2-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 78' Goal, 1-2, Johnny Dixon
🕒 | FT Cardiff City 2-1 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
🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 22 August 1953
Villa remain without a manager 9 days after the sacking of George Martin with Eric Houghton, who is assumed to be the man to replace Martin still working at Notts County,
Johnny Dixon scores but Villa lose their second game of the season to a Cardiff side led by Villa old boy Cyril Spiers.
Managerless Villa lose their opening two games of the season as already there are concerns about the direction the campaign is heading.
🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian
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
Cardiff City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1926-27
🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #2 |
Saturday, 22 August 1953
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🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Management Committee 1953 (Caretaker)
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Management Committee 1953
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
REFEREE PROFILE
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
🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Larry Canning and Norman Lockhart replace Colin Gibson and Herbert Smith.
Not recorded
🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian
MANAGER
Management Committee 1953
Aston Villa
GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴 |
M Larry Canning | 🏴 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
MANAGER
Cyril Spiers (ex) | 🏴 |
Cardiff City
Howells, Sullivan, Stitfall, Sherwood, Baker, Montgomery, Williams, Thomas (g), Rainford (g), Nugent, Grant.
Manager: Cyril Spiers (ex).
🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian
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
🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian
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 🇺
🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian
MATCH REPORTS
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🟥 22 Aug 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Ninian