Game #2259
Aston Villa
1-0-2, 2 PTS
Monday, 24 August 1953
Won
8th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division One
Manchester City
0-0-3, 0 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 21,194
🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-0
Manchester City
Assist(s) | Norman Lockhart | 81' |
🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 24 August 1953
⚽ | 39' Goal, 1-0, Danny Blanchflower
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City
⚽ | 46' Goal, 2-0, Tommy Thompson
⚽ | 81' Goal, 3-0, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Norman Lockhart
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Manchester City
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
🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Monday, 24 August 1953
Villa remain without a manager 11 days after the sacking of George Martin but Eric Houghton, who is assumed to be the man to replace Martin, watches on at Villa Park despite still working at Notts County,
Tommy Thompson scores a brace to help Villa to their first win of the season as managerless Villa play at home for the first time this season following successive defeats on the road.
🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
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
🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Monday, 24 August 1953
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🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Management Committee 1953 (Caretaker)
Refreee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Management Committee 1953
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Refreee: 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
🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
George Martin names an unchanged line up.
Not recorded
🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
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
Les McDowall | 🏴 |
Manchester City
Trautmann, Whitfield, Branagan, Little, Ewing, Paul, Spurdle, Broadis, Anders, Clarke, Revie.
Manager: Les McDowall.
🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
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
🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
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 🇺
🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 24 Aug 1953, Villa 3-0 Manchester City, Villa Park