Game #2319
Aston Villa
6-4-10, 16 PTS

Saturday, 4 December 1954
17th
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
GK Keith Jones | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
LB Peter Aldis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Stan Lynn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Con Martin | ๐ฎ๐ช |
M Danny Blanchflower | ๐ฌ๐ง | ๐ด |
M Bill Baxter | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
W Norman Lockhart | ๐ฌ๐ง |
W Peter McParland | ๐ฌ๐ง |
F Eddie Follan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
F Johnny Dixon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Derek Pace | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 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: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
CB Frank Moss | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Tommy Thompson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Team News
Danny Blanchflower replaces Vic Crowe.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
๐ด M Danny Blanchflower | ๐ฌ๐ง | 1951-54 ๐ 155 | โ 155 | ๐ (-) | โฝ 10 | ๐ฅ 12 | ๐บ - | #427 |
On This Day
Eric Houghton's Villa lose for the fourth time in five and lose for the seventh home game in eleven to make it six wins, four draws and ten defeats after twenty division one matches.
Midfielder Danny Blanchflower makes his final appearance for Villa before moving on to Tottenham later this month. Blanchflower played for Villa between 1950-51 and 1954-55 making 155 appearances and scoring 10 goals.
Starting XI

Lost
0-2
๐ฅ 4 Dec 1954, Villa 0-2 Cardiff, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| 23' Goal, 0-1, (Cardiff City), Trevor Ford
๐ฅ
| 30' Goal, 0-2, (Cardiff City), Trevor Ford
๐ | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Cardiff City
๐ | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Cardiff City
Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #59 |
Saturday, 4 December 1954
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Sidney Davis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Chippenham, 1950-1955
HT Score: ๐ฅ 0-2
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
FT Score: ๐ฅ 0-2
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
Officials
Referee: Sidney Davis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Chippenham, 1950-1955
Linesmen: H. F. Wright; H. E. Stokes
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
What they Said
Division One
Cardiff City
8-6-6, 22 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 25,186
Howells, Sullivan, Sherwood, Rutter, Montgomery, Jones, Ford (ex) (g) (g), Tiddy, Stockin, Nugent, Northcott.
Manager: Trevor Morris
Trevor Morris | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
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
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: ๐
Last Trophy: 1926-27
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1954-55
Playing Squad

















































