Game #2365
Aston Villa
3-7-7, 13 PTS
Saturday, 12 November 1955
17th=
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dave Hickson | 🏴 | 🔴 |
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 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: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
Wingers
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Dave Hickson | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Team News
Tommy Southren replaces Peter McParland.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
🔴 CF Dave Hickson | 🏴 | 1955 🕒 12 | ✅ 12 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 - | #446 |
Won
1-0
🟩 12 Nov 1955, Villa 1-0 Luton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Johnny Dixon | 70' |
Assist(s) | Norman Lockhart | 70' |
Match Timeline
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Luton Town
⚽ | 70' Goal, 1-0, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Norman Lockhart
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Luton Town
Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #105 |
Saturday, 12 November 1955
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Bruce Buckle | 🏴 | Peterborough, 1952-1958
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Officials
Referee: Bruce Buckle | 🏴 | Peterborough, 1952-1958
Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟩 🟥 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 4 | 🟩 W3 (75% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(75% ) | 🟥 L1 (25% ) | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 4 | GD 4
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Division One
Luton Town
7-3-6, 17 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 29,761
GK Ron Baynham | 🏴 |
CB Syd Owen | 🏴 |
FB Les Jones (ft) | 🏴 |
RB Seamus Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
M Jim Pemberton | 🏴 |
M Wally Shanks | 🇲🇹 |
W Mick Cullen | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Adam (ft) | 🏴 |
F Bob Morton | 🏴 |
CF Gordon Turner | 🏴 |
F George Cummins | 🇮🇪 |
Dally Duncan | 🏴 |
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: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Ron Baynham | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Syd Owen | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB Les Jones (ft) | 🏴 |
RB Seamus Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
Midfielders
M Jim Pemberton | 🏴 |
M Wally Shanks | 🇲🇹 |
Wingers
W Mick Cullen | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Adam (ft) | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Bob Morton | 🏴 |
CF Gordon Turner | 🏴 |
F George Cummins | 🇮🇪 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
A second win in three games suggests a platform for progression is being built but far from it as the victory is barely merited.
Meanwhile the disastrous signing of Dave Hickson is curtailed early with the player having contributed more brawls than goals in a Villa shirt.
Villa's win, their third of the season, keeps them just above the relegation places with a long hard winter ahead.
Eric Houghton's Villa make it three wins, seven draws and seven losses in seventeen games this season.
Centre forward Dave Hickson makes his twelfth and final appearance for Villa before moving to Huddersfield Town later this month. Hickson had only joined Villa two months earlier but had proven a seriously misguided signing under another mistep from Eric Houghton,
What they Said
