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Game #2299

Aston Villa

16-9-17, 41 PTS

Monday, 26 April 1954

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Lost

13th

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Sheffield United

11-11-20, 33 PTS

Bramall Lane

Attendance: 12,796

🟥 26 Apr 1954, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

Sheffield United

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Ken O Roberts | 54' |

🟥 26 Apr 1954, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 26 April 1954

🥅 | 27' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield United), Cross
🕒 | HT Sheffield United 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 54' Goal, 1-1, Derek Pace, Assist by Ken O Roberts
🥅 | 80' Goal, 1-2, (Sheffield United), Ringstead
🕒 | FT Sheffield United 2-1 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

🟥 26 Apr 1954, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 26 April 1954
  • Villa play their final game of the 1953-54 season 24 hours after their penultimate game having trailed the remainder of the league on games played throughout the latter part of the season.

  • Villa end the season on defeat despite Derek Pace scoring his third goal in three but the defeat should never have been after not only having the balance of play, having played the better football throughout, the referee awards Wednesday an 80' winner that his linesman deems offside and whose protestations - and those of the Villa team - are waved aside.

  • In truth it doesn't really matter as Villa finish a poor campaign in 13th in what proved to be Eric Houghton's patchy first season in charge.

  • Villa end a run of six games unbeaten to make it sixteen wins, nine draws and seventeen losses in their forty two division one games in 1953-54.

🟥 26 Apr 1954, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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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

Sheffield United

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1924–25

FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield United
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Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🟥 26 Apr 1954, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #38 |
Monday, 26 April 1954

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🟥 26 Apr 1954, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958

HT Score: 🟥 0-1
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

🟥 26 Apr 1954, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

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

🟥 26 Apr 1954, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

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

Not recorded

Referee

🟥 26 Apr 1954, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Tyrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Reg Freeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield United

Burgin, Johnson, Shaw J, Shaw G, Rawson, Toner, McNab, Cross (g), Hoyland, Brook, Ringstead (g).

Manager: Reg Freeman.

Line Ups

🟥 26 Apr 1954, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 26 Apr 1954, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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

🟥 26 Apr 1954, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟥 26 Apr 1954, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 26 Apr 1954, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 2 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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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🟥 26 Apr 1954, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 26 Apr 1954, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 26 Apr 1954, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH VIDEO
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