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Game #2278

Aston Villa

9-2-11, 20 PTS

Saturday, 19 December 1953

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Lost

15th=

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division One

Cardiff City

10-5-8, 25 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,012

🟥 19 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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Cardiff City

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🟥 19 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 December 1953

🥅 | 22' Goal, 0-1, (Cardiff City), Northcott
🥅 | 42' Goal, 0-2, (Cardiff City), Northcott
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Cardiff City
⚽ | 61' Goal, 1-2, Johnny Dixon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Cardiff 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

🟥 19 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 19 December 1953
  • Eric Houghton's Villa lose successive games and for the eighth time in twelve matches to make it nine wins, two draws and eleven defeats in twenty two division one games so far this season. 

  • Forward Ken Roberts makes his final appearance for Villa before moving into non-League football in 1955. Ken played for Villa between 1951-52 and 1953-54 making 46 appearances and scoring 7 goals.

🟥 19 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 F Ken Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1952-53 🕒 46 | ✅ 46 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 7 | 🔥 11 | 🇺 - | #430 |

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Cardiff City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1926-27

FIXTURE HISTORY
Cardiff City
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Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

League 🕒 20 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 29 | 🥅 26 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 5 |

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

🟥 19 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #17 |
Saturday, 19 December 1953

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🟥 19 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Alf Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
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

🟥 19 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Alf Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1953-1958

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

🟥 19 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Harry Parkes, Bill Baxter and Ken Roberts replace Stan Lynn, Amos Moss and Davy Walsh.

Not recorded

Referee

🟥 19 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ken Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Cyril Spiers (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Cardiff City

Howells, Sullivan, Rutter, Baker, Montgomery, Edwards, Tiddy, Nugent, Northcott (g) (g), Ford (ex), Blair.

Manager: Cyril Spiers (ex).

Line Ups

🟥 19 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 19 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, 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

🟥 19 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟥 19 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 19 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 2 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 19 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 19 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 19 Dec 1953, Villa 1-2 Cardiff, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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