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Game #2370

Aston Villa

4-8-10, 16 PTS

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Saturday, 17 December 1955

19th

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Eddie Follan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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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 | 🇮🇪 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Eddie Follan and Derek Pace replace Con Martin and Johnny Dixon.

Not recorded

  • Villa concede a freak goal in the first minute and Manchester City never look back having scored at Villa Park for the first time in four years.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa lose at Villa Park to make it four wins, eight draws and ten defeats in twenty two games this season. 

  • Meanwhile, forward Eddie Follan made his final appearance before moving to Worcester City in May 1956. Follan played for Villa in 1954-55 and 1955-56 making 36 appearances and scoring 7 goals.

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Lost

0-3

🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline:

🥅 | 1' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Spurdle
🥅 | 19' Goal, 0-2, (Manchester City), Dyson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Manchester City
🥅 | 60' Goal, 0-3, (Manchester City), Dyson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-3 Manchester City

Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #110 |
Saturday, 17 December 1955

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Robert Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Newport, 1955-1963
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Referee: Robert Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Newport, 1955-1963

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Total 🕒 80 | 🟩 34 | 🟨 16 | 🟥 30 | ⚽ 141 | 🥅 132 |
League 🕒 74 | 🟩 32 | 🟨 15 | 🟥 27 | ⚽ 132 | 🥅 119 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 12 |
Home 🕒 41 | 🟩 27 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 6 | ⚽ 88 | 🥅 42 |
Away 🕒 38 | 🟩 7 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 23 | ⚽ 52 | 🥅 68 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 6 |

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

🔴 F Eddie Follan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1954-55 🕒 36 | ✅ 36 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 6 | 🔥 5 | 🇺 - | #440 |

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
185
🟩
69
🟨
0
185
🟨
44
🟥
0
0
🟥
72
0
🥅
39
307
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
127
🟩
45
🟨
0
127
🟨
38
🟥
0
14
🟥
44
5
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
158
🟩
62
🟨
0
158
🟨
39
🟥
0
1
🟥
57
1
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
105
🟩
39
🟨
0
105
🟨
26
🟥
0
5
🟥
40
8
M Trevor Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
4
🟩
1
🟨
0
4
🟨
1
🟥
0
0
🟥
2
0
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
73
🟩
20
🟨
1
73
🟨
22
🟥
0
12
🟥
31
10
F Eddie Follan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
36
🟩
17
🟨
0
36
🟨
7
🟥
0
6
🟥
12
5
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
54
🟩
14
🟨
0
54
🟨
16
🟥
0
23
🟥
24
5
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
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Player Profile
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
77
🟩
23
🟨
0
77
🟨
25
🟥
0
5
🟥
29
3
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
75
🟩
30
🟨
0
75
🟨
19
🟥
0
12
🟥
26
16
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
3
🟩
1
🟨
0
3
🟨
1
🟥
0
1
🟥
1
1
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division One

Manchester City

6-7-7, 19 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 19,215

Trautmann, Leivers, Little, Ewing, Paul, Spurdle (g), Barnes, Dyson (g) (g), Hayes, Clarke, Johnstone.

Manager: Les McDowall.

Les McDowall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

None

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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