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Game #2167
Aston Villa
Saturday, 18 August 1951
Lost
DWDWL
Division One
Bolton Wanderers
Burnden Park
Attendance: 30,253
Bolton Wanderers
5-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MANAGER
George Martin | 🏴 | 1950-1953
Aston Villa
GK Joe Rutherford |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
CB Con Martin |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
M Danny Blanchflower |
W Les Smith |
W Herbert Smith |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |
MANAGER
Bolton Wanderers
Hanson, Higgins, Ball, Wheeler, Barrass, Lofthouse (g), Webster (g) (g), Edwards, Hughes, Langton (g), Moir (g).
Manager: Bill Ridding.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟥 18 Aug 1951, Villa 2-5 Bolton, Burnden Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 18 August 1951
George Martin's Villa open the season with a heavy defeat at Burnden Park.
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