Game #2344
Aston Villa
17-6-15, 40 PTS
Saturday, 16 April 1955
9th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Eddie Follan | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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
Goalkeepers
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
Full Backs
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Amos Moss | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Eddie Follan | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 3 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Team News
Colin Gibson replaces Peter McParland.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Won
3-1
🟩 16 Apr 1955, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Tommy Thompson | 53' | Stan Lynn | 61' | Colin Gibson | 62' |
Assist(s) | Colin Gibson | 53' |
Match Timeline
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
⚽ | 53' Goal, 1-0, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Colin Gibson
⚽ | 61' Goal, 2-0, Stan Lynn
⚽ | 62' Goal, 3-0, Colin Gibson
🥅 | 88' Goal, 3-1, (Sheffield United), Jimmy Hagan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Sheffield United
Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #84 |
Saturday, 16 April 1955
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Reg Leafe | 🏴 | Nottingham, 1948-1960
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: Reg Leafe | 🏴 | Nottingham, 1948-1960
Linesmen: L. Callaghan; T. Pounder
Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 90 | 🟩 W46 (51% ) | 🟨 D20 | 🇺(73% ) | 🟥 L24 (27% ) | ⚽ 188 | 🥅 124 | GD 64
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Division One
Sheffield United
15-6-17, 36 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 21,149
GK Ted Burgin | 🏴 |
CB Joe Shaw | 🏴 |
RB Cecil Coldwell | 🏴 |
LB Graham Shaw | 🏴 |
M Colin Rawson | 🏴 |
M Jim Iley | 🏴 |
M Tommy Hoyland | 🏴 |
W Derek Hawksworth | 🏴 |
W Colin Grainger | 🏴 |
CF Jack Cross | 🏴 |
F Jimmy Hagan | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Reg Freeman | 🏴 |
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: 1924–25
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Ted Burgin | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Joe Shaw | 🏴 |
Full Backs
RB Cecil Coldwell | 🏴 |
LB Graham Shaw | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Colin Rawson | 🏴 |
M Jim Iley | 🏴 |
M Tommy Hoyland | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Derek Hawksworth | 🏴 |
W Colin Grainger | 🏴 |
Forwards
CF Jack Cross | 🏴 |
F Jimmy Hagan | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
Villa's late season surge continues as they win for the seventh time in ten League games and record a seventh successive home League victory to remain joint ninth in the table with four to play.
Villa make it seventeen wins, six draws and fifteen defeats after thirty eight division one matches.
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