Game #2382
Aston Villa
5-10-15. 20 PTS

Saturday, 25 February 1956
22nd
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
GK Keith Jones | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Peter Aldis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Stan Lynn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Vic Crowe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Bill Baxter | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
W Les Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Peter McParland | ๐ฌ๐ง |
F Johnny Dixon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Jackie Sewell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Derek Pace | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1953-1958

Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
W Norman Lockhart | ๐ฌ๐ง |
GK Mike Pinner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Team News
Ken Jones replaces Mike Pinner.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
How bottom side Villa lost to top of the table Manchester United isn't clear however the score is as United luck into a win ridhly undeserved.
Eric Houghton's Villa lose for the fifth time in six to make it five wins, ten draws and sixteen defeats in thirty one division one games this season.
Starting XI

Lost
0-1
๐ฅ 25 Feb 1956, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
๐ | HT Manchester United 0-0 Aston Villa
๐ฅ
| 54' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Whelan
๐ | FT Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #122 |
Saturday, 25 February 1956
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: George McCabe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Sheffield, 1955-1969
HT Score: ๐จ 0-0
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
FT Score: ๐ฅ 0-1
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Officials
Referee: George McCabe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Sheffield, 1955-1969
Previous 5 vs. United: ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ
Head to Head
Total ๐ 69 | ๐ฉ 28 | ๐จ 11 | ๐ฅ 30 | โฝ 127 | ๐ฅ
126 |
League ๐ 64 | ๐ฉ 27 | ๐จ 11 | ๐ฅ 26 | โฝ 119 | ๐ฅ
110 |
FA Cup ๐ 5 | ๐ฉ 1 | ๐จ 0 | ๐ฅ 4 | โฝ 8 | ๐ฅ
16 |
Home ๐ 34 | ๐ฉ 18 | ๐จ 7 | ๐ฅ 9 | โฝ 86 | ๐ฅ
57 |
Away ๐ 35 | ๐ฉ 10 | ๐จ 4 | ๐ฅ 21 | โฝ 41 | ๐ฅ
69 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
What they Said
Division One
Manchester United
19-6-7, 44 PTS
Old Trafford
Attendance: 36,476
Wood, Byrne, Greaves, Jones, Whelan (g), Edwards, Colman, Pegg, Viollet, Berry, Taylor.
Manager: Matt Busby.
Matt Busby | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐
Last Trophy: 1951-52
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1955-56
Playing Squad

































