Game #2344
Aston Villa
Saturday, 16 April 1955
Aston Villa
3-1
Sheffield United
Division One
Sheffield United
Villa Park
Attendance: 21,149
Won
WWLWW
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Tommy Thompson, scored his fourth in two to help Villa to a seventh successive home League victory, Saturday, 16 April 1955.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 April 1955
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa win for the seventh time in ten League games and record a seventh successive home League victory to make it seventeen wins, six draws and fifteen defeats after thirty eight division one matches.
Aston Villa
Sheffield United
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1924–25
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #84 |
Saturday, 16 April 1955
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 3-1 |
Last 5 Games | WWLWW |
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Con Martin |
M Amos Moss |
M Vic Crowe |
W Norman Lockhart |
W Colin Gibson |
F Eddie Follan |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |
MANAGER
Reg Freeman | 🏴 |
Sheffield United
Burgin, Shaw J, Coldwell, Shaw G, Dawson, Hawksworth, Iley, Cross, Hoyland, Hagan (g), Grainger.
Manager: Reg Freeman.
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
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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