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Game #2262
Aston Villa
Saturday, 5 September 1953
Lost
LWWWL
Division One
Portsmouth
Fratton Park
Attendance: 31,871
Portsmouth
2-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Con Martin |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Amos Moss |
M Larry Canning |
W Norman Lockhart |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |
MANAGER
Eddie Lever | 🏴 |
Portsmouth
Platt, Mansell, Gunter, Dickinson, Pickett, Harris (g), Mundy, Reid, Gordon, Froggatt (g), Henderson.
Manager: Eddie Lever.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟥 5 Sep 1953, Villa 1-2 Portsmouth, Fratton Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 5 September 1953
Eric Houghton's Villa fall to defeat at Fratton Park in his second game in charge to make it three wins and three defeats in six division one games so far this season.
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