Game #2347
Aston Villa
Saturday, 30 April 1955
Won
WWWDW
Division One
Manchester City
Attendance: 27,788
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0
Manchester City
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Stan Lynn, scored a brace to record an eighth successive home League win for Villa, Saturday, 30 April 1955.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 April 1955
HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City
71’ Goal, 1-0, Stan Lynn
74’ Goal, 2-0, Stan Lynn
FT Aston Villa 2-0 Manchester City
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa win for the ninth time in thirteen League games and record an eighth successive home League victory to make it nineteen wins, seven draws and fifteen defeats in forty one division one matches.
Aston Villa
Manchester City
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #87 |
Saturday, 30 April 1955
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-0 |
Last 5 Games | WWWDW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 87 | 🟩 | 34 🟨 21 🟥 32 | 1.41
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
Manchester City
TEAM NEWS
Ken Roberts replaces Colin Gibson.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
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 Ken Roberts |
F Eddie Follan |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |
MANAGER
Les McDowall | 🏴 |
Manchester City
Trautmann, Little, Ewing, Paul, Meadows, Barnes, Hayes, Fagan, Clarke, Johnstone, Revie.
Manager: Les McDowall.
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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