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Aston Villa

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Blackpool

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Head to head record between Aston Villa and their opponents

Game #5279
2014-15
Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015
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FA Cup
3rd Round
🟩 4 Jan 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Christian Benteke | 88’ |

Assist(s) | Carlos Sánchez | 88' |

Starting XI:
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 |
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tom Cleverley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Cole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 |

Subs:
W Charles N'Zogbia | 🇫🇷 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |

Game #3334
1974-75
Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982
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Division Two
2nd (-)
🟩 19 Apr 1975, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Leighton Phillips | 7' | Own Goal | 18' | Brian Little | 60' |

Assist(s) | Chico Hamilton | 7' | Jim Cumbes | 60' |

Starting XI:
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
None

Game #3277
1973-74
Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974
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Division Two
13th= (-)
🟥 15 Apr 1974, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Starting XI:
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #3154
1971-72
Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974
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League Cup
4th Round
🟥 26 Oct 1971, Villa 1-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

Scorer(s) | Willie Anderson | 78' |

Assist(s) | None

Starting XI:
GK Tommy Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
None

Game #3024
1968-69
Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970
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Division Two
12th (+1)
🟨 22 Mar 1969, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Brian Godfrey | 2' |

Assist(s) | None

Starting XI:
GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Dave Simmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
None

Game #2952
1967-68
Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968
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Division Two
19th (-)
🟩 21 Oct 1967, Villa 3-2 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Willie Anderson | 20' | Brian Greenhalgh | 29' | Tommy Mitchinson | 47' |

Assist(s) | Tommy Mitchinson | 29' | Brian Godfrey | 47' |

Starting XI:
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
None

Game #2881
1965-66
Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967
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Division One
12th (+1)
🟩 26 Feb 1966, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Willie Hamilton | 75' |

Assist(s) | None

Starting XI:
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
None

Game #2799
1964-65
Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967
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Division One
21st (-)
🟥 12 Sep 1964, Villa 1-3 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

Scorer(s) | Tony Hateley | 31' |

Assist(s) | Johnny MacLeod | 31' |

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #2729
1962-63
Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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Division One
8th (-1)
🟥 29 Mar 1963, Villa 0-4 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |

Game #2653
1961-62
Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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Division One
14th (+4)
🟩 23 Sep 1961, Villa 5-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Harry Burrows | 6' | 60' | Peter McParland | 41' | 75' | 87' |

Assist(s) | Ron Wylie | 41' | Peter McParland | 60' | Norman Ashe | 75' | Mike Tindall | 87' |

GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Ashe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

Game #2520
1958-59
Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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Division One
22nd (-)
🟥 7 Feb 1959, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 29' |

Assist(s) | Vic Crowe | 29' |

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #2452
1957-58
Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Division One
18th (-1)
🟨 21 Sep 1957, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 44' |

Assist(s) | Jackie Sewell | 44' |

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Roy Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #2377
1955-56
Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Division One
20th
🟥 14 Jan 1956, Villa 0-6 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Con Martin |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
M Amos Moss |
M Vic Crowe |
W Norman Lockhart |
W Ken O Roberts |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Peter McParland |

Game #2306
1954-55
Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Division One
11th=
🟩 11 Sep 1954. Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Derek Pace | 28' |

Assist(s) | None

GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Tyrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #2234
1952-53
George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1950-1953
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Division One
14th=
🟨 17 Jan 1953, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Colin Gibson | 88' |

Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 88' |

GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
M Danny Blanchflower |
W Colin Gibson |
W Billy Goffin |
F Tommy Thompson |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Ken Roberts |

Game #2174
1951-52
George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1950-1953
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Division One
2nd
🟩 15 Sep 1951, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

Scorer(s) | Johnny Dixon | 51' | 88' | Tommy Thompson | 71' |

Assist(s) | Amos Moss | 51' | Billy Goffin | 71' |

GK Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Herbert Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #2105
1949-50
Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950
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Division One
15th
🟥 14 Jan 1950, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Pat Daly |
CB Frank Moss |
CB Con Martin |
FB Harry Parkes |
M Eddie Lowe |
M Ivor Powell |
W Colin Gibson |
W Les Smith |
CF Trevor Ford |
F Johnny Dixon |

Game #2034
1948-49
Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950
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Division One
15th=
🟥 28 Aug 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Game #1973
1946-47
Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950
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Division One
6th=
🟨 25 Jan 1947, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Trevor Ford | 80' |

Assist(s) | Les Smith | 80' |

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings |
FB Harry Parkes |
RB Vic Potts |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
M Eddie Lowe |
M Amos Moss |
W Les Smith |
F Johnny Dixon |
F George Edwards |
CF Trevor Ford |

Game #1897
1938-39
Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939
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Division One
8th=
🟩 10 Sep 1938, Villa 4-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Freddie Haycock | 36' | Ronnie Starling | 39' | Jackie Martin | 50' | 75' |

Assist(s) | None

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Andy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #1816
1936-37
Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939
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Division Two
3rd=
🟩 14 Nov 1936, Villa 3-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 17' | 47' pen | Gordon Hodgson | 81' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Hodgson | 17' | Alex Massie | 81' |

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Bill Cobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Maund | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gordon Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Matt Moralee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #1611
1931-32
Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934
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Division One
8th=
🟩 19 Mar 1932, Villa 3-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Pongo Waring | 15' | 2-1 | Eric Houghton | 75' (pen) |

Assist(s) | Dai Astley | 15' |

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #1548
1930-31
Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934
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Division One
5th
🟨 22 Nov 1930, Villa 2-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Reg Chester | 25' | Jack Mandley | 84' |

Assist(s) | Jack Mandley | 25' | Reg Chester | 84' |

GK Percy Maggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #5116
2010-11
Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 | 2010-2011
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Premier League
16th (-2)
🟨 12 Feb 2011, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 10’ |

Assist(s) | Darren Bent | 10’ |

Starting XI:
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
RB Kyle Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jean Makoun | 🇨🇲 |
W Stewart Downing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
CB James Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Michael Bradley | 🇺🇸 |

Game #3297
1974-75
Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982
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Division Two
3rd= (+1)
🟩 12 Oct 1974, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Ray Graydon | 46' |

Assist(s) | Sammy Morgan | 46' |

Starting XI:
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 |

Subs:
None

Game #3209
1972-73
Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974
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Division Two
3rd (-1)
🟨 11 Nov 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Starting XI:
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Game #3071
1969-70
Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974
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Division Two
22nd (-)
🟥 28 Mar 1970, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Chico Hamilton | 65' |

Assist(s) | Andy Lochhead | 65' |

Starting XI:
GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
None

Game #2989
1968-69
Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968
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Division Two
19th= (-5)
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Starting XI:
GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #2919
1966-67
Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967
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Division One
17th (+2)
🟩 14 Jan 1967, Villa 3-2 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Barry Stobart | 25' | 51' | Lew Chatterley | 46' |

Assist(s) | Tony Scott | 25' | 46' | Lew Chatterley | 51' |

Starting XI:
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Barry Stobart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #2852
1965-66
Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967
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Division One
11th (+1)
🟩 11 Sep 1965, Villa 3-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Willie Hamilton | 34' | Phil Woosnam | 55' | Bobby Park | 65' |

Assist(s) | Tony Hateley | 34' | Willie Hamilton | 55' | 65' |

Starting XI:
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
None

Game #2776
1963-64
Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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Division One
16th (+1)
🟩 11 Jan 1964, Villa 3-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Phil Woosnam | 27' | 89' | Tony Hateley | 65' |

Assist(s) | Cammie Fraser | 27' | Harry Burrows | 65' | 89' |

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Cammie Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #2698
1962-63
Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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Division One
4th= (-1)
🟨 1 Sep 1962, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 18' |

Assist(s) | None

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #2615
1960-61
Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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Division One
6th (-)
🟨 31 Dec 1960, Villa 2-2 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 8' | 42' |

Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 8' |

GK Fred Potter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Game #2499
1958-59
Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Division One
21st (-)
🟨 20 Sep 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Billy Myerscough | 45' |

Assist(s) | Les Smith | 45' |

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Sharples | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Les J Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

Game #2415
1956-57
Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Division One
15th
🟨 29 Dec 1956, Villa 0-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

GK Nigel Sims |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
M Trevor Birch |
M Stan Crowther |
M Pat Saward |
W Les J Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Johnny Dixon |
W Peter McParland |
CF Derek Pace |

Game #2355
1955-56
Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Division One
13th=
🟨 10 Sep 1955, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Own Goal | 11' |

Assist(s) | None

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dave Hickson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #2284
1953-54
Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Division One
18th=
🟥 23 Jan 1954, Villa 2-3 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Tommy Thompson | 23' | 41' |

Assist(s) | Ken O Roberts | 23' | 41' |

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Con Martin |
FB Peter Aldis |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Bill Baxter |
M Amos Moss |
F Ken O Roberts |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Peter McParland |
F Tommy Thompson |

Game #2213
1952-53
George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1950-1953
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Division One
12th=
🟥 6 Sep 1952, Villa 1-5 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Johnny Dixon | 27' |

Assist(s) | None

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
W Herbert Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ken Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |

Game #2152
1950-51
George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1950-1953
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Division One
21st
🟥 3 Feb 1951, Villa 0-3 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Con Martin |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
M Amos Moss |
M Larry Canning |
W Les Smith |
W Colin Gibson |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |
CF Davy Walsh |

Game #2084
1949-50
Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950
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Division One
9th=
🟨 10 Sep 1949, Villa 0-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Jimmy Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Ivor Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Miller Craddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Game #2015
1947-48
Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950
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Division One
9th=
🟥 31 Jan 1948, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Vic Potts |
CB Frank Moss |
FB Harry Parkes |
FB George Cummings |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
M Eddie Lowe |
W Les Smith |
CF Trevor Ford |
F Albert J Brown |
F George Edwards |

Game #1952
1946-47
Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950
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Division One
11th=
🟥 21 Sep 1946, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Derek Ashton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Haynes |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #1869
1937-38
Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939
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FA Cup
4th Round
🟩 22 Jan 1938, Villa 4-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 17' | Frank Broome | 50' | Ronnie Starling | 74' | Frank Shell | 86' |

Assist(s) | Frank Shell | 50' | Frank Broome | 74' |

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings |
RB Ernie Callaghan |
CB Jimmy Allen |
M Alex Massie |
W Eric Houghton |
W Andy Kerr |
CF Frank Broome |
F Ronnie Starling |
F Bob Iverson |
F Freddie Haycock |

Game #1656
1932-33
Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934
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Division One
3rd
🟥 18 Mar 1933, Villa 2-6 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Reg Chester | 1-5 | Billy Simpson | 82' |

Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 1-5 | Dai Astley | 82' |

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Billy Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #1588
1931-32
Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934
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Division One
7th=
🟩 7 Nov 1931, Villa 5-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Pongo Waring | 8' | 44' | 85' | Eric Houghton | 47' | Joe Beresford | 87' |

Assist(s) | Jimmy Gibson | 8' | Eric Houghton | 44' | 85' | Billy Walker | 87' |

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #5098
2010-11
Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 | 2010-2011
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Premier League
10th (+4)
🟩 10 Nov 2010, Villa 3-2 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Stewart Downing | 28’ | Nathan Delfouneso | 60’ | James Collins | 89’ |

Assist(s) | Ashley Young | 28’ | 60’ | Stewart Downing | 89’ |

Starting XI:
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB James Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Bannan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Stewart Downing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 |
RB Eric Lichaj | 🇺🇸 |

Game #3278
1973-74
Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974
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Division Two
14th= (-1)
🟥 16 Apr 1974, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Chico Hamilton | 37' |

Assist(s) | Charlie Aitken | 37' |

Starting XI:
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
None

Game #3205
1972-73
Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974
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Division Two
3rd= (-)
🟨 17 Oct 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Alun Evans | 41' |

Assist(s) | Bruce Rioch | 41' |

Starting XI:
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alun Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #3052
1969-70
Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1968-1970
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Division Two
21st (-)
🟨 15 Nov 1969, Villa 0-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Starting XI:
GK John Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Emment Kapengwe | 🇿🇲 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Fred Mwila | 🇿🇲 |

Subs:
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #2972
1967-68
Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968
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Division Two
14th (-)
🟥 16 Mar 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Starting XI:
GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Game #2900
1966-67
Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967
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Division One
17th (+3)
🟩 10 Sep 1966, Villa 2-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

Scorer(s) | Johnny MacLeod | 40' | Lew Chatterley | 62' |

Assist(s) | Tony Scott | 40' | Johnny MacLeod | 62' |

Starting XI:
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
None

Game #2822
1964-65
Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1964-1967
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Division One
20th (+1)
🟩 16 Jan 1965, Villa 3-2 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Tony Hateley | 17' | Alan Baker | 63' | Johnny MacLeod | 84' |

Assist(s) | Alan Baker | 17' | Dave Pountney | 63' | Phil Woosnam | 84' |

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dave Pountney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Barry Stobart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #2751
1963-64
Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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Division One
8th (+8)
🟩 7 Sep 1963, Villa 4-0 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Alan Deakin | 16' | Harry Burrows | 42' | 56' | 67' |

Assist(s) | None

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #2677
1961-62
Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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Division One
9th (+1)
🟩 10 Feb 1962, Villa 2-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 58' | Jimmy McMorran | 79' |

Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 58' | Jimmy MacEwan | 79' |

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
F Jimmy McMorran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alfie Hale | 🇮🇪 |

Game #2588
1960-61
Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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Division One
16th (-3)
🟥 27 Aug 1960, Villa 3-5 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 60' | Gerry Hitchens | 66' | 79' |

Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 66' |

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

Game #2476
1957-58
Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Division One
16th (+1)
🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 21' |

Assist(s) | Jackie Sewell | 21' |

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les J Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #2398
1956-57
Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Division One
7th=
🟩 1 Sep 1956, Villa 3-2 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 22' | 44' | Jackie Sewell | 72' |

Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 22' | 72' |

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Ray Hogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Les J Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #2327
1954-55
Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Division One
14th=
🟩 22 Jan 1955, Villa 3-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Tommy Thompson | 37' | 42' | Derek Pace | 80' |

Assist(s) | Stan Lynn | 37' | Johnny Dixon | 42' | 80' |

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Con Martin |
M Bill Baxter |
M Amos Moss |
W Norman Lockhart |
W Tommy Southren |
F Johnny Dixon |
CF Derek Pace |
F Tommy Thompson |

Game #2263
1953-54
Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Division One
11th=
🟩 12 Sep 1953, Villa 2-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Tommy Thompson | 18' | Davy Walsh | 67' |

Assist(s) | Norman Lockhart | 67' |

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |

Game #2195
1951-52
George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1950-1953
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Division One
8th=
🟩 19 Jan 1952, Villa 4-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Tommy Thompson | 32' | 46' | Johnny Dixon | 68' | Davy Walsh | 72' |

Assist(s) | Davy Walsh | 32' | 46' |

GK Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
FB Harry Parkes |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Frank Moss |
M Danny Blanchflower |
W Billy Goffin |
W Colin Gibson |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Tommy Thompson |
F Johnny Dixon |

Game #2132
1950-51
Management Committee 1950
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Division One
16th=
🟨 23 Sep 1950, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield

Scorer(s) | Billy Goffin | 89' |

Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 89' |

GK Jack Hindle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Game #2056
1948-49
Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950
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Division One
22nd
🟥 1 Jan 1949, Villa 2-5 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | George Edwards | 21' | Billy Goffin | 47' |

Assist(s) | Ivor Powell | 21' | Trevor Ford | 47' |

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin |
FB George Cummings |
FB Harry Parkes |
M Ivor Powell |
M Eddie Lowe |
W Billy Goffin |
CF Syd Howarth |
CF Trevor Ford |
F George Edwards |
F Johnny Dixon |

Game #1995
1947-48
Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950
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Division One
8th=
🟥 13 Sep 1947, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ron Guttridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Game #1918
1938-39
Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939
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Division One
9th=
🟩 14 Jan 1939, Villa 3-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 25' | 42' | Freddie Haycock | 61' |

Assist(s) | None

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings |
RB Ernie Callaghan |
CB Jimmy Allen |
M Alex Massie |
W Eric Houghton |
F Ronnie Starling |
F Bob Iverson |
F Freddie Haycock |
CF Frank O’Donnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome |

Game #1835
1936-37
Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1936-1939
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Division Two
5th
🟩 20 Mar 1937, Villa 4-0 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Frank Broome | 17' | 34' | 54' | Freddie Haycock | 51' |

Assist(s) | Ronnie Starling | 17' | Eric Houghton | 34' | 51' | Alex Massie | 54' |

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Bill Cobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M George Pritty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Maund | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #1634
1932-33
Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934
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Division One
2nd
🟩 5 Nov 1932, Villa 6-2 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 6' | 16' | Jack Mandley | 24' | Billy Walker | 30' | 78' | George Brown | 87' |

Assist(s) | Billy Walker | 16' | Dai Astley | 24' | Eric Houghton | 30' | 78' | 87' |

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game #1570
1930-31
Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1926-1934
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Division One
2nd
🟩 28 Mar 1931, Villa 4-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Pongo Waring | 20' | 81' | 89' | Eric Houghton | 2-0 |

Assist(s) | Eric Houghton | 20' | 81' | 89' | Jack Mandley | 2-0 |

GK Reg Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Joe Tate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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