Game #2319
Saturday, 4 December 1954
Attendance: 25,186
Lost
Division One
Cardiff City
LLLWL
Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-2
Cardiff City
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
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.
Meanwhile, midfielder Danny Blanchflower made 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.
Aston Villa
Cardiff City
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #59 |
Saturday, 4 December 1954
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-2 |
Last 5 Games | LLLWL |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Cardiff City
TEAM NEWS
Danny Blanchflower replaces Vic Crowe.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Eric Houghton
MANAGER
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 Derek Pace |
F Johnny Dixon |
Cardiff City
Howells, Sullivan, Sherwood, Rutter, Montgomery, Jones, Ford (ex) (g) (g), Tiddy, Stockin, Nugent, Northcott.
Manager: Trevor Morris
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES