Game #2341
Aston Villa
Saturday, 9 April 1955
Won
LWLWW
Division One
Attendance: 20,720
Cardiff City
Ninian Park
Cardiff City
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Eddie Follan, scored for the second successive game to win it for Villa, Saturday, 9 April 1955.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 9 April 1955
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa win for the fifth time in seven League games to make it fifteen wins, six draws and fourteen defeats after thirty five division one matches.
Aston Villa
Cardiff City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1926-27
FIXTURE HISTORY
Cardiff City
Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #81 |
Saturday, 9 April 1955
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 1-0 |
Last 5 Games | LWLWW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 81 | 🟩 | 30 🟨 20 🟥 31 | 1.36
Career Form:
Mid Table
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Cardiff City
TEAM NEWS
Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Trevor Morris | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Con Martin |
M Amos Moss |
M Vic Crowe |
W Tommy Southren |
W Colin Gibson |
F Eddie Follan |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Peter McParland |
Cardiff City
Howells, Sullivan, Stitfall, Harrington, Frowen, Jones, Ford (ex), Williams, Tiddy, Stockin, Nutt.
Manager: Trevor Morris.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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