Game #2350
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 24 August 1955
Lost
DWWDL
Division One
Attendance: 33,761
Sunderland
Roker Park
Sunderland
5-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Johnny Dixon, scored his third in two games but Villa lose heavily at Roker Park, Wednesday, 24 August 1955.
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Wednesday, 24 August 1955
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa suffer a heavy defeat at Roker Park in their second game of the season.
Aston Villa
Sunderland
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37
FIXTURE HISTORY
Sunderland
Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟨 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #90 |
Wednesday, 24 August 1955
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-5 |
Last 5 Games | DWWDL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 90 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 22 🟥 33 | 1.41
Career Form:
Mid Table
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Sunderland
TEAM NEWS
Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Bill Murray | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Con Martin |
M Bill Baxter |
M Vic Crowe |
W Colin Gibson |
W Tommy Southren |
F Peter McParland |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Eddie Follan |
Sunderland
Fraser, Anderson, Hedley, McDonald, Daniel, Aitken, Bingham (g) (g), Purdon (g), Chisholm (g), Elliott, Fleming (g).
Manager: Bill Murray.
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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