Game #2313
Aston Villa
Saturday, 23 October 1954
Won
DDLWW
Division One
Attendance: 38,038
Arsenal
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1
Arsenal
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Stan Lynn, scored from the spot to help Villa to successive wins for the first time this season, Saturday, 23 October 1954.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 October 1954
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa win consecutive games for the first time this season to make it four wins, four draws and six defeats after fourteen division one matches.
Aston Villa
Arsenal
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1952–53
FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #53 |
Saturday, 23 October 1954
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-1 |
Last 5 Games | DDLWW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 53 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 13 🟥 22 | 1.26
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
Arsenal
TEAM NEWS
Danny Blanchflower replaces Vic Crowe.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Con Martin |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Bill Baxter |
W Norman Lockhart |
F Peter McParland |
F Eddie Follan |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Tommy Thompson |
MANAGER
Arsenal
Kelsey, Wade, Dodgin, Barnes, Bloomfield, Forbes, Roper (g), Goring, Walsh, Logie, Lawton.
Manager: Tom Whittaker.
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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