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Game #2340

Aston Villa

14-6-14, 34 PTS

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Saturday, 2 April 1955

11th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Eddie Follan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Injury | 3 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |

Colin Gibson and Vic Crowe replace Ray Hogg and Derek Pace.

Not recorded

  • Eric Houghton's Villa win for the fourth time in six League games and record a fifth successive home League victory to make it fourteen wins, six draws and fourteen defeats after thirty four division one matches.

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Won

3-1

🟩 2 Apr 1955. Villa 3-1 Burnley, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Eddie Follan | 6' | Johnny Dixon | 41' | Peter McParland | 75' |

Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 6' | Eddie Follan | 41' |

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Eddie Follan, Assist by Peter McParland
🥅 | 16' Goal, 1-1, (Burnley), Pilkington
⚽ | 41' Goal, 2-1, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Eddie Follan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley
⚽ | 75' Goal, 3-1, Peter McParland
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Burnley

Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #80 |
Saturday, 2 April 1955

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Reg Windle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chesterfield, 1954-1967
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Referee: Reg Windle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chesterfield, 1954-1967

Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
155
🟩
59
🟨
0
155
🟨
35
🟥
0
0
🟥
61
0
🥅
30
262
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
97
🟩
35
🟨
0
97
🟨
29
🟥
0
11
🟥
33
3
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
183
🟩
66
🟨
0
183
🟨
48
🟥
0
1
🟥
69
0
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
128
🟩
52
🟨
0
128
🟨
30
🟥
0
1
🟥
46
1
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
20
🟩
9
🟨
0
20
🟨
4
🟥
0
0
🟥
7
0
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
18
🟩
9
🟨
0
18
🟨
6
🟥
0
3
🟥
3
4
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
154
🟩
57
🟨
0
154
🟨
42
🟥
0
23
🟥
55
26
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
281
🟩
107
🟨
0
281
🟨
71
🟥
0
110
🟥
103
44
Sub 2
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Player Profile
Sub 4
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Cards
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Player Profile
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
80
🟩
30
🟨
0
80
🟨
19
🟥
0
4
🟥
31
8
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
53
🟩
16
🟨
1
53
🟨
15
🟥
0
10
🟥
22
9
F Eddie Follan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
19
🟩
10
🟨
0
19
🟨
3
🟥
0
3
🟥
6
5
Sub 1
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Results
Cards
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Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile

Division One

Burnley

15-8-13, 38 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 19,950

McDonald, Rudman, Winton (ex), Adamson, Cummings, Shannon, Pilkington (g), McIlroy, Walton, Holden, Gray.

Manager: Alan Brown.

Alan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

None

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1920-21

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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