Game #2315
Aston Villa
5-4-7, 14 PTS

Saturday, 6 November 1954
14th=
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 | 🚑 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
FB Arthur Proudler | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🚑 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
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
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 5 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
Arthur Proudler (debut) and Vic Crowe replace Con Martin and Danny Blanchflower.
Not recorded
With 23' of the game remaning Villa were 2-1 ahead, at full time they had been defeated 2-5 by Leicester and but for Keith Jones the size of the defeat, could, and probably should have been more.
Eric Houghton's Villa end a run of three consecutive games with a fifth home defeat in nine to make it five wins, four draws and seven defeats after sixteen division one matches.
Davy Walsh scores on his 100th League appearance in a Villa shirt.
Full back Arthur Proudler made his sole appearance for in a Villa shirt after joining from Halesowen Town in December 1947. Proudler moved on to Crystal Palace in June 1956.

Lost
2-5
🟥 6 Nov 1954, Villa 2-5 Leicester, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Davy Walsh | 32' | Norman Lockhart | 58' |
Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 32' |
Match Timeline:
🟢 | 1' Debut, Arthur Proudler
🚑 | 13' Arthur Proudler and Peter Aldis collide with both players incapacitated
🚑 | 13' Player retires from field of play with injury, Peter Aldis
🚑 | 15' Player retires from field of play with injury, Arthur Proudler
🚑 | 28' Player returns to field of play, Peter Aldis
🚑 | 30' Player returns to field of play, Arthur Proudler
⚽ | 32' Goal, 1-0, Davy Walsh, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Leicester City
🥅 | 56' Goal, 1-1, (Leicester City), Worthington
⚽ | 58' Goal, 2-1, Norman Lockhart
🥅 | 67' Goal, 2-2, (Leicester City), Rowley
🥅 | 72' Goal, 2-3, (Leicester City), Griffiths
🥅 | 79' Goal, 2-4, (Leicester City), Worthington
🥅 | 81' Goal, 2-5, (Leicester City), Hines
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-5 Leicester City
Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #55 |
Saturday, 6 November 1954

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: T. L. Wood | 🏴 | Bury, 1951-1955
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-5
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Referee: T. L. Wood | 🏴 | Bury, 1951-1955
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
🟢 FB Arthur Proudler | 🏴 | #441 | Youth team promotion
Final Appearances:
🔴 FB Arthur Proudler | 🏴 | 1954 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 - | #441 |
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Leicester City
3-5-8, 11 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 28,181
Anderson, Jackson, Milburn, Russell, Worthington (g) (g), Hogg, Hines (g), Rowley (g), Griffiths (g), Morris, Froggatt.
Manager: Norman Bullock.
Norman Bullock | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded

