Game #2287
Aston Villa
11-5-14, 27 PTS
Saturday, 27 February 1954
Won
18th
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Division One
Liverpool
5-9-18, 19 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 25,973
🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1
Liverpool
Assist(s) | Davy Walsh | 44' | Bill Baxter | 72' |
🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 February 1954
⚽ | 44' Goal, 1-0, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Davy Walsh
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Liverpool
🥅 | 70' Goal, 1-1, (Liverpool), Bimpson
⚽ | 72' Goal, 2-1, Ken O Roberts, Assist by Bill Baxter
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Liverpool
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
🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 27 February 1954
Tommy Thompson scores his sixth in five games as Villa win for the first time in seven.
Villa make it eleven wins, five draws and fourteen defeats in thirty division one games so far this season.
🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, 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
Liverpool
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1946-47
🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Saturday, 27 February 1954
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🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: John Pickles | 🏴 | Bradford
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Pickles | 🏴 | Bradford
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
🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Eric Houghton names the same line up for the third successive game.
Not recorded
🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Don Welsh | 🏴 |
Liverpool
Underwood, McNulty, Lock, Hughes, Twentyman, Payne, Wilkinson, Evans, Bimpson (g), Anderson, Liddell.
Manager: Don Welsh.
🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, 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
🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 27 Feb 1954, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park