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Game #2281

Aston Villa

10-2-13, 22 PTS

Friday, 1 January 1954

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Lost

15th

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Sunderland

7-5-13, 19 PTS

Roker Park

Attendance: 44,337

🟥 1 Jan 1954, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker Park

Sunderland

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 1 Jan 1954, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Friday, 1 January 1954

🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Sunderland), Ken Chisolm
🕒 | HT Sunderland 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 0-2, (Sunderland), Shackleton
🕒 | FT Sunderland 2-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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ON THIS DAY

Friday, 1 January 1954

  • Villa are selected to play away from home on New Years Day for the 22nd time in the 24 fixtures they have played on 1st January.

  • Villa had played their first New Years Day fixture in January 1891 and have now played just two home games on 1st January in 63 years.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa lose for the fourth time in five to make it ten wins, two draws and thirteen defeats in twenty five division one games so far this season. 

  • Meanwhile, full back Albert Vinall made his final appearance for Villa before moving to Walsall in August 1954. Vinall played for Villa between 1947-48 and 1953-54 making 11 appearances and scoring once.

🟥 1 Jan 1954, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 LB Albert Vinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

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

Sunderland

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sunderland

Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟥 1 Jan 1954, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Friday, 1 January 1954

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🟥 1 Jan 1954, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 21 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 2 🟥 11 | 1.24

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Frank Moss and Davy Walsh replace Con Martin and Colin Gibson.

Not recorded

Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Albert Vinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bill Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Sunderland

Cowan, Anderson, Hudgell, Hall, Hedley, Daniel, Aitken, Wright, Chisholm (g), Shackleton (g), Elliot.

Manager: Bill Murray.

Line Ups

🟥 1 Jan 1954, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

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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

🟥 1 Jan 1954, Villa 0-2 Sunderland, Roker Park

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
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SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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MATCH VIDEO

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