Game #2350
Aston Villa
0-1-1, 1 PTS
Wednesday, 24 August 1955
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Eddie Follan | 🏴 |
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Substitutes
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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
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Team News
Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.
Team Stats
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Debut Appearances
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Final Appearances
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Lost
1-5
🟥 24 Aug 1955, Villa 1-5 Sunderland, Roker
Scorer(s) | Johnny Dixon | 63' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🆘 | 7' Referee disallows Peter McParland strike for a questionable offside
🥅 | 20' Goal, 0-1, (Sunderland), Purdon
🕒 | HT Sunderland 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 46' Goal, 0-2, (Sunderland), Fleming
❗ | 48' Chance! Peter McParland's shot cannons off a defenders foot and fortunately ends up with the 'keeper
🥅 | 52' Goal, 0-3, (Sunderland), Peter Aldis og
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 1-3, Johnny Dixon
🥅 | 73' Goal, 1-4, (Sunderland), Chisholm
🥅 | 83' Goal, 1-5, (Sunderland), Bingham
🕒 | FT Sunderland 5-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #90 |
Wednesday, 24 August 1955
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-5
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
Officials
Referee: Unknown
Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
Head to Head
Total 🕒 114 | 🟩 W48 (42% ) | 🟨 D28 | 🇺(67% ) | 🟥 L38 (33% ) | ⚽ 199 | 🥅 197 | GD 2
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Division One
Sunderland
1-0-1, 2 PTS
Roker Park
Attendance: 33,761
Fraser, Anderson, Hedley, McDonald, Daniel, Aitken, Bingham (g) (g), Purdon (g), Chisholm (g), Elliott, Fleming (g).
Manager: Bill Murray.
Bill Murray | 🏴 |
Substitutes
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Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
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Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
Villa play away for the second successive game as Johnny Dixon scores for the third time in two games at the start of the season but Eric Houghton's Villa suffer a heavy defeat at Roker Park.
At Maine Road it was a poor refereeing performance that cost Villa, at Roker it was Sunderland's hoof it long game that undid Villa.
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