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Game #2210
Aston Villa
Saturday, 23 August 1952
Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Division One
Arsenal
Villa Park
Attendance: 50,930
Aston Villa
1-2
Arsenal
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MANAGER
George Martin | 🏴 | 1950-1953
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Amos Moss |
W Colin Gibson |
W Billy Goffin |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Johnny Dixon |
MANAGER
Arsenal
Swindlin, Wade, Daniel, Smith, Mercer, Shaw, Oakes (g), Forbes, Lishman (g), Roper, Goring.
Manager: Tom Whittaker.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
🟥 23 Aug 1952, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 23 August 1952
George Martin's Villa open the season with defeat to Arsenal at Villa Park.
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