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Game #2260
Aston Villa
Saturday, 29 August 1953
Won
LLLWW
Division One
Arsenal
Villa Park
Attendance: 33,731
Aston Villa
2-1
Arsenal
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MANAGER
George Martin | 🏴 | 1950-1953
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Amos Moss |
M Larry Canning |
W Norman Lockhart |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |
MANAGER
Arsenal
Kelsey, Wade, Dodgin, Evans, Mercer, Forbes (g), Lishman, Roper, Goring, Ward, Logie.
Manager: Tom Whittaker.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
🟩 29 Aug 1953, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 29 August 1953
George Martin's Villa play at home and win for the second successive game to make it two wins and two defeats in four division one games so far this season. Despite the upturn in form however this proves to be Martin's final game in charge of 119 matches during which he had delivered a win rate of 39% and League finishes of 15th, 6th and 11th.
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