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Game #2325

Aston Villa

Saturday, 8 January 1955

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Drew

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

FA Cup

Brighton & Hove Albion

Goldstone Ground

Attendance: 25,291

🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone

Brighton & Hove Albion

2-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Amos Moss | 16' | Peter McParland | 27' |

🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 8 January 1955

🥅 | 15’ Goal, 0-1, (Brighton & Hove Albion), Moore
⚽ | 16' Goal, 1-1, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Amos Moss
⚽ | 27' Goal, 2-1, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | HT Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 2-2, (Brighton & Hove Albion), Mundy
🕒 | FT Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 8 January 1955
  • Villa concede an early goal before a Tommy Thompson brace to put the away side in control but third division south side Brighton get a last gasp equaliser ahead of a replay at Villa Park.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa make it four unbeaten.

🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Brighton & Hove Albion

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Brighton & Hove Albion
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Previous 5 vs. Brighton: 🟥

FA Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 2 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 |
Away 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 2 |

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Brighton & Hove Albion

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Brighton & Hove Albion

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #26 |
Manager Game | #65 |
Saturday, 8 January 1955

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🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Arthur Luty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1955-1965
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Luty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1955-1965

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Bill Baxter, Johnny Dixon and Tommy Thompson replace Vic Crowe, Eddie Follan and Davy Walsh.

Not recorded

Referee

🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Billy Lane | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Brighton & Hove Albion

H. A. Gill
Tennant
Langley
Gilberg
McNeil
Wilson
Gordon
Mundy
Moore
Foreman
Howard

Line Ups

🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Squad Bios

🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone

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MATCH VIDEO
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