Game #2357
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 21 September 1955
Drew
DDDDD
Division One
Attendance: 32,642
Birmingham City
St Andrew's
Birmingham City
2-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Tommy Southren, scored to earn Villa a fifth successive draw, Wednesday, 21 September 1955.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 21 September 1955
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa draw for the fifth successive game to make it one win, six draws and two defeats in nine games this season.
Aston Villa
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham City: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟨 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #97 |
Wednesday, 21 September 1955
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 2-2 |
Last 5 Games | DDDDD |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 97 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 27 🟥 34 | 1.39
Career Form:
Mid Table
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Birmingham City
TEAM NEWS
Eric Houghton names the same line up for the third successive game.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Arthur Turner | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Con Martin |
M Bill Baxter |
M Vic Crowe |
M Amos Moss |
W Tommy Southren |
F Peter McParland |
CF Dave Hickson |
F Johnny Dixon |
Birmingham City
Merrick, Badham, Hall, Warhurst, Boyd, Murphy, Smith, Brown (g), Govan, Kinsey, Astall (g).
Manager: Arthur Turner.
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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