Game #2314
Aston Villa
5-4-6, 14 PTS

Saturday, 30 October 1954
13th=
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Eddie Follan | 🏴 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958

Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 3 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴 |
Team News
Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None

Won
3-2
🟩 30 Oct 1954, Villa 3-2 Albion, Hawthorns
Scorer(s) | Tommy Thompson | 1' | 65' | Peter McParland | 66' |
Assist(s) | Norman Lockhart | 1' | 65' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 1' Goal, 1-0, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Norman Lockhart
🕒 | HT West Bromwich Albion 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 64' Goal, 1-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Allen
⚽ | 65' Goal, 2-1, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Norman Lockhart
⚽ | 66' Goal, 3-1, Peter McParland
🥅 | 74' Goal, 3-2, (West Bromwich Albion), Lee
🕒 | FT West Bromwich Albion 2-3 Aston Villa
Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #54 |
Saturday, 30 October 1954

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: Unknown
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:

Division One
West Bromwich Albion
7-2-6, 16 PTS

The Hawthorns
Attendance: 51,662
Davies, Williams, Millard, Rickaby, Kennedy, Ryan, Lee (g), Griffin, Dudley, Nicholls, Allen (g).
Manager: Vic Buckingham.
Vic Buckingham | 🏴 |

Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
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Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1930-31
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded

On This Day
Tommy Thompson scores his 5th goal in three games and Norman Lockhart contributes his sixth assist in 7 as Villa make it three consecutive wins for the first time in 1954-55.
Eric Houghton's Villa make it five wins, four draws and six defeats after fifteen division one matches.
Villa score three or more goals for the fifth time in seven away games.
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Match Media
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