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Game #2257
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 19 August 1953
Lost
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Division One
Tottenham Hotspur
White Hart Lane
Attendance: 50,202
Tottenham Hotspur
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MANAGER
George Martin | 🏴 | 1950-1953
Aston Villa
GK Dennis Parsons |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Amos Moss |
W Colin Gibson |
W Herbert Smith |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |
MANAGER
Tottenham Hotspur
Ditchburn, Withers, Burgess, Clarke, Ramsey, Baily, Marchi, Bennett, Walters, Duquemin, Robb.
Manager: Arthur Rowe.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟥 19 Aug 1953, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 19 August 1953
George Martin's Villa open the season with defeat as a Harry Parkes own goal hands the spoils to Spurs.
Meanwhile, winger Herbert Smith made his final appearance for Villa before moving on to Southend United in June 1954. Smith played for Villa between 1948-49 and 1953-54 making 54 appearances and scoring 9 goals.
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