Game #2346
Aston Villa
18-7-15, 43 PTS

Wednesday, 27 April 1955
7th=
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ

Drew
2-2
๐จ 27 Apr 1955, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton
Division One
Portsmouth
18-11-11, 47 PTS
Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,801
On This Day
Eric Houghton's Villa play successive away games and this time it's a battling draw at Fratton Park with 3rd placed Portsmouth as they climb to a season high of joint 7th alongside Newcastle and Arsenal.
Villa make it eighteen wins, seven draws and fifteen defeats after forty division one matches.
GK Keith Jones | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
LB Peter Aldis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Stan Lynn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
CB Con Martin | ๐ฎ๐ช |
M Amos Moss | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Vic Crowe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
W Norman Lockhart | ๐ฌ๐ง | ๐ฅ |
W Colin Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
F Eddie Follan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | โฝ |
F Johnny Dixon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Tommy Thompson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 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: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 3 |
M Bill Baxter | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
W Tommy Southren | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Peter McParland | ๐ฌ๐ง |
Team News
Eric Houghton names the same line up for a third consecutive game for the first time this season.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Starting XI
Scorer(s) | Colin Gibson | 15' | Eddie Follan | 75' |
Assist(s) | Norman Lockhart | 15' | Stan Lynn | 75' |
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| 13' Goal, 0-1, (Portsmouth), Rees
โฝ | 15' Goal, 1-1, Colin Gibson, Assist by Norman Lockhart
๐ฅ
| 37' Goal, 1-2, (Portsmouth), Gordon
๐ | HT Portsmouth 2-1 Aston Villa
โฝ | 75' Goal, 2-2, Eddie Follan, Assist by Stan Lynn
๐ | FT Portsmouth 2-2 Aston Villa
Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #86 |
Wednesday, 27 April 1955
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: ๐ฅ 2-1
FT Result: ๐จ Drew
FT Score: ๐จ 2-2
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ
Officials
Referee: Unknown
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
What they Said
Uprichard, Mansell, McGhee, Dickinson, Pickett, Harris, Reid, Dale, Rees (g), Gordon (g), Henderson.
Manager: Eddie Lever.
Eddie Lever | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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: ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐
League Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: 1949-50
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1954-55
Playing Squad
Match Media

