Game #2337
Aston Villa
12-6-13, 30 PTS

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

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

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

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
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:

Division One
Arsenal
11-8-13, 30 PTS

Highbury
Attendance: 30,136
Kelsey, Fotheringham, Evans, Barnes, Bowen, Bloomfield, Marden, Roper (g), Goring, Tapscott (g), Clapton.
Manager: Tom Whittaker.
Tom Whittaker | 🏴 |

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

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
Substitutes
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 1
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 2
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 3
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 4
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 5
🟩
🟨
🟥
Match Media
What they Said