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
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 2 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Tommy Southren replaces Peter McParland.
Not recorded
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,

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

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: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Referee: Bruce Buckle | 🏴 | Peterborough, 1952-1958
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
🔴 CF Dave Hickson | 🏴 | 1955 🕒 12 | ✅ 12 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 - | #446 |
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)