Game #2365
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 November 1955
Won
DLWLW
Division One
Attendance: 29,761
Luton Town
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0
Luton Town
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Johnny Dixon, scored his fifth in five games as Villa win for the second time in three, Saturday, 12 November 1955.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 November 1955
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa win for the second time in three to make it three wins, seven draws and seven losses in seventeen games this season.
Meanwhile, centre forward Dave Hickson made his twelfth and final appearance for Villa before moving to Huddersfield Town later this month.
Aston Villa
Luton Town
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Luton Town
Previous 5 vs. Luton: | - | - | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #105 |
Saturday, 12 November 1955
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 1-0 |
Last 5 Games | DLWLW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 105 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 28 🟥 39 | 1.35
Career Form:
Mid Table
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Luton Town
TEAM NEWS
Tommy Southren replaces Peter McParland.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Ken 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 |
CF Dave Hickson |
F Johnny Dixon |
Luton Town
Baynham, Pemberton, Jones, Dunne, Shanks, Owen, Morton, Adam (ex), Turner, Cummins, Cullen.
Manager: Dally Duncan.
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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