Game #2294
Aston Villa
14-7-16, 35 PTS
Saturday, 10 April 1954


Won
14th=
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Division One
Burnley
20-2-16, 42 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 23,043
🟩 10 Apr 1954, Villa 5-1 Burnley, Villa Park
Aston Villa
5-1

Burnley

Scorer(s) | Bill Baxter | 8' | Peter McParland | 42' | Colin Gibson | 63' | Derek Pace | 66' | 72' |
Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 42' | Ken O Roberts | 63' | 66' | Peter McParland | 72' |
🟩 10 Apr 1954, Villa 5-1 Burnley, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 10 April 1954
⚽ | 8' Goal, 1-0, Bill Baxter
⚽ | 42' Goal, 2-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Burnley
⚽ | 63' Goal, 3-0, Colin Gibson, Assist by Ken O Roberts
⚽ | 66' Goal, 4-0, Derek Pace, Assist by Ken O Roberts
🥅 | 70' Goal, 4-1, (Burnley), Holden
⚽ | 72' Goal, 5-1, Derek Pace, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Burnley
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
🟩 10 Apr 1954, Villa 5-1 Burnley, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 10 April 1954
Derek Pace scores a brace on his first appearance since October and Ken O Roberts contributes two assists as Villa win for the first time in four but despite the victory Villa fall back to joint 14th in the table
Villa beat Burnley to make it fourteen wins, seven draws and sixteen losses in thirty seven division one games so far this season.
🟩 10 Apr 1954, Villa 5-1 Burnley, 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
Burnley


League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1920-21
🟩 10 Apr 1954, Villa 5-1 Burnley, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #33 |
Saturday, 10 April 1954
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🟩 10 Apr 1954, Villa 5-1 Burnley, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Leonard Peake | 🏴 | Rotherham, 1952-1954
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 10 Apr 1954, Villa 5-1 Burnley, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Leonard Peake | 🏴 | Rotherham, 1952-1954
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
🟩 10 Apr 1954, Villa 5-1 Burnley, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Derek Pace replaces Davy Walsh.
Not recorded
🟩 10 Apr 1954, Villa 5-1 Burnley, Villa Park
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958

Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Frank Hill | 🏴 |

Burnley
McDonald, Aird, Winton (ex), Binns, Shannon, Seith, Pilkington, McIlroy, Adamson, Holden (g), Gray.
Manager: Frank Hill.
🟩 10 Apr 1954, Villa 5-1 Burnley, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 10 Apr 1954, Villa 5-1 Burnley, 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

🟩 10 Apr 1954, Villa 5-1 Burnley, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
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UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 10 Apr 1954, Villa 5-1 Burnley, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟩 10 Apr 1954, Villa 5-1 Burnley, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 10 Apr 1954, Villa 5-1 Burnley, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 10 Apr 1954, Villa 5-1 Burnley, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 10 Apr 1954, Villa 5-1 Burnley, Villa Park


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