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Game #2305

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 8 September 1954

Lost

DLDWL

Division One

Attendance: 39,960

Newcastle United

St James' Park

Newcastle United

5-3

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Derek Pace, scored for the second successive game as they score three away from home in defeat for the second time in four matches, Wednesday, 8 September 1954.

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Wednesday, 8 September 1954

ON THIS DAY

Eric Houghton's Villa score three away from home in defeat for the second time in four games to make it one win, two draws and three defeats after six division one games

Aston Villa

Newcastle United

FIXTURE HISTORY

Newcastle United

Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #45 |
Wednesday, 8 September 1954

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 3-5 |
Last 5 Games | DLDWL |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 45 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 11 🟥 19 | 1.24

Career Form:

Mid Table

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

All the matches refereed by:

CARDS

Villa

Newcastle United

TEAM NEWS

Frank Moss and Colin Gibson replace Con Martin and Ken Roberts.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Dennis Parsons |
FB Harry Parkes |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Frank Moss |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Bill Baxter |
W Colin Gibson |
CF Derek Pace |
F Peter McParland |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |

Newcastle United

Simpson, Crowe, Cowell, Scoular, McMichael, Stokoe, Broadis, White (g) (g) (g) (g), Hannah, Mitchell, Milburn (g).

Manager: Stan Seymour.

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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