Game #2379
Aston Villa
Saturday, 28 January 1956
Lost
4th Round
DWLLL
FA Cup 4th Round
Attendance: 43,052
Arsenal
Highbury
Arsenal
4-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Johnny Dixon, scored but Villa lose a third successive game, Saturday, 28 January 1956.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 January 1956
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa make it three consecutive losses in all competitions, conceding fourteen and scoring two as they are dumped out of the Cup at Highbury.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper and centre back Con Martin made his final appearance for Villa before moving on to Waterford in July.
Martin played for Villa between 1948-49 and 1955-56 making 213 appearances and scoring once.
Martin played 26 league matches and one FA Cup match as goalkeeper with his other 186 appearances coming as a centre half.
Aston Villa
Arsenal
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1952–53
FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #119 |
Saturday, 28 January 1956
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-4 |
Last 5 Games | WDWLL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 119 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 31 🟥 47 | 1.29
Career Form:
Mid Table
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Arsenal
TEAM NEWS
Con Martin, Derek Pace and Bill Baxter replace George Ashfield, Ray Hogg and Norman Lockhart.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
CB Con Martin |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
M Vic Crowe |
M Bill Baxter |
W Tommy Southren |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Peter McParland |
CF Derek Pace |
Arsenal
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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