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Game #2337

Aston Villa

12-6-13, 30 PTS

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Saturday, 12 March 1955

13th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🚑 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Eddie Follan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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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 | 2 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Eddie Follan replaces Colin Gibson.

Team Stats

Not recorded

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

0-2

🟥 12 Mar 1955, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 30' Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Tapscott
🕒 | HT Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47' Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Roper
🚑 | Player retires from field of play with injury, Bill Baxter
🕒 | FT Arsenal 2-0 Aston Villa

Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #77 |
Saturday, 12 March 1955

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: J. J. Bean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Glamorgan, 1954-1955
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Officials

Referee: J. J. Bean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Glamorgan, 1954-1955

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 80 | 🟩 W36 (45% ) | 🟨 D14 | 🇺(63% ) | 🟥 L30 (38% ) | ⚽ 139 | 🥅 124 | GD 15

Match Stats

Not recorded

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

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Division One

Arsenal

11-8-13, 30 PTS

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Highbury

Attendance: 30,136

Kelsey, Fotheringham, Evans, Barnes, Bowen, Bloomfield, Marden, Roper (g), Goring, Tapscott (g), Clapton.

Manager: Tom Whittaker.

Tom Whittaker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1952–53

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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On This Day
  • Eric Houghton's Villa end a run of three successive League victories as they lose at Highbury and make it twelve wins, six draws and thirteen defeats after thirty one division one matches.

Starting XI
GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

152

152

🔥

0

0

🟩

57

🟨

35

🟥

60

29

🥅

257

RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

94

94

🔥

10

3

🟩

33

🟨

29

🟥

32

CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

180

180

🔥

1

0

🟩

64

🟨

48

🟥

68

LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

125

125

🔥

1

1

🟩

50

🟨

30

🟥

45

M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

18

18

🔥

0

0

🟩

7

🟨

4

🟥

7

M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

55

55

🔥

3

3

🟩

19

🟨

17

🟥

19

W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

15

15

🔥

2

4

🟩

7

🟨

6

🟥

2

W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

50

50

🔥

9

8

🟩

14

🟨

15

🟥

21

F Eddie Follan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

16

16

🔥

2

4

🟩

8

🟨

3

🟥

5

F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

278

278

🔥

107

43

🟩

105

🟨

71

🟥

102

CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

111

111

🔥

39

27

🟩

45

🟨

21

🟥

45

Substitutes
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GK Sub

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Sub 1

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Sub 2

🟩

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🟥

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Sub 3

🟩

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🟥

🕒

🔁

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Sub 4

🟩

🟨

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🕒

🔁

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Sub 5

🟩

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🟥

Match Media
What they Said

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