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Game #2288

Aston Villa

12-5-14, 29 PTS

Saturday, 6 March 1954

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Won

15th=

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division One

Newcastle United

9-10-15, 28 PTS

St James' Park

Attendance: 36,847

🟩 6 Mar 1954, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James'

Newcastle United

0-1

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Aston Villa

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🟩 6 Mar 1954, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James'

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 6 March 1954

🕒 | HT Newcastle United 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 1-0, Davy Walsh
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 0-1 Aston Villa

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

🟩 6 Mar 1954, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James'

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 6 March 1954
  • Villa win successive games for the first time since September to make it twelve wins, five draws and fourteen defeats in thirty one division one games so far in 1953-54

🟩 6 Mar 1954, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James'

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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

Newcastle United

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1951-52

FIXTURE HISTORY
Newcastle United
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Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

League 🕒 80 | 🟩 27 | 🟨 17 | 🟥 36 | ⚽ 127 | 🥅 133 |
FA Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 7 |
Away 🕒 41 | 🟩 7 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 27 | ⚽ 51 | 🥅 93 |

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

🟩 6 Mar 1954, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James'

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 6 March 1954

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🟩 6 Mar 1954, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James'

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Frank Coultas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hull, 1953-1957
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🟩 6 Mar 1954, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James'

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Frank Coultas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hull, 1953-1957

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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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

🟩 6 Mar 1954, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James'

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Eric Houghton names the same line up for the fourth successive game.

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 6 Mar 1954, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James'

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Stan Seymour | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Newcastle United

Simpson, Cowell, McMichael, Stokoe, Foulkes, Brennan, Broadis, Hannah, Mitchell, Milburn, Casey.

Manager: Stan Seymour.

Line Ups

🟩 6 Mar 1954, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James'

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 6 Mar 1954, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James'

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

🟩 6 Mar 1954, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James'

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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None

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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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🟩 6 Mar 1954, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James'

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 6 Mar 1954, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James'

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 6 Mar 1954, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James'

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MATCH VIDEO
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