Game #2385
Aston Villa
Monday, 19 March 1956
Won
LLDWW
Division One
Attendance: 15,120
Burnley
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0
Burnley
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Johnny Dixon, scored to help Villa to successive League wins, Monday, 19 March 1956.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 19 March 1956
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa make it three unbeaten and two successive wins to make it seven wins, eleven draws and sixteen defeats in thirty four division one games this season.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Nigel Sims made his Villa debut aged 24 after moving from Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier this month.
Aston Villa
Burnley
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1920-21
FIXTURE HISTORY
Burnley
Previous 5 vs. Burnley: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #125 |
Monday, 19 March 1956
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-0 |
Last 5 Games | LLDWW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 125 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 33 🟥 49 | 1.30
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Burnley
TEAM NEWS
Nigel Sims makes his debut in place of Ken Jones.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
M Trevor Birch |
M Bill Baxter |
W Les Smith |
W Tommy Southren |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Peter McParland |
CF Derek Pace |
MANAGER
Burnley
McDonald, Rudman, Winton (ex), Adamson, Shannon, Seith, Pilkington, McIlroy, Newlands, Cheesbrough, McKay.
Manager: Alan Brown.
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
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