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Game #2277

Aston Villa

9-2-10, 20 PTS

Saturday, 12 December 1953

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Lost

14th

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

10-1-11, 21 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,480

🟥 12 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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Tottenham Hotspur

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🟥 12 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 December 1953

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
🥅 | 70' Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Baily
🥅 | 78' Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Walters
⚽ | 88' Goal, 1-2, Danny Blanchflower
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

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

🟥 12 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 December 1953
  • Eric Houghton's Villa lose for the seventh time in eleven matches to make it nine wins, two draws and ten defeats in twenty one division one games so far this season.

🟥 12 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

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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

Tottenham Hotspur

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1950-51

FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
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Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

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

Tottenham Hotspur

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Tottenham Hotspur

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 12 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #16 |
Saturday, 12 December 1953

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🟥 12 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Stan Vickery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1948-1953
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 12 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Stan Vickery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1948-1953

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

🟥 12 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Stan Lynn, Amos Moss and Norman Lockhart replace Harry Parkes, Bill Baxter and Ken Roberts.

Not recorded

Referee

🟥 12 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
F Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Arthur Rowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

Ditchburn, Withers, Clarke, Ramsey, Baily (g), Britton, Nicholson, Bennett, Walters (g), Duquemin, Robb.

Manager: Arthur Rowe.

Line Ups

🟥 12 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 12 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

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

🟥 12 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟥 12 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 2 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 12 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 12 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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