Game #2380
Aston Villa
Saturday, 11 February 1956
Drew
WLLLD
Division One
Attendance: 28,060
Arsenal
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-1
Arsenal
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Johnny Dixon, scored for the second successive game as Villa stop a run of three defeats, Saturday, 11 February 1956.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 11 February 1956
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa end a run of three heavy defeats to draw with their FA Cup conquerers and make it five wins, ten draws and fourteen defeats in twenty nine games this season.
Meanwhile, Villa handed debuts to full back Roy Pritchard after moving from Wolverhampton Wanderers in February 1955, winger Les Smith following his move from Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier this month and centre back Jimmy Dugdale after moving from West Bromwich Albion in January 1956.
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 | #32 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #120 |
Saturday, 11 February 1956
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | DWLLD |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 120 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 32 🟥 47 | 1.29
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
Arsenal
TEAM NEWS
Jimmy Dugdale (debut), Roy Prtichard (debut) and Les Smith (debut) replace Con Martin, Peter Aldis and Tommy Southren.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
FB Roy Pritchard |
FB Stan Lynn |
M Vic Crowe |
M Bill Baxter |
W Les Smith |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Peter McParland |
CF Derek Pace |
MANAGER
Arsenal
Kelsey, Charlton, Dodgin, Evans, Bowen, Groves (g), Bloomfield, Tiddy, Goring, Herd, Clapton.
Manager: Tom Whittaker.
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES