Game #2387
Aston Villa
Saturday, 31 March 1956
Won
DWWLW
Division One
Attendance: 28,052
Everton
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0
Everton
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Johnny Dixon, scored for the third time in four games to help Villa to a third win in four, Saturday, 31 March 1956.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 31 March 1956
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa win for the third time in four to make it eight wins, eleven draws and seventeen defeats in thirty six division one games this season.
Aston Villa
Everton
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1938-39
FIXTURE HISTORY
Everton
Previous 5 vs. Everton: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #127 |
Saturday, 31 March 1956
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-0 |
Last 5 Games | DWWLW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 127 | 🟩 | 44 🟨 33 🟥 50 | 1.30
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Everton
TEAM NEWS
Ray Hogg and Vic Crowe replace Stan Lynn and Trevor Birch.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Ray Hogg |
M Vic Crowe |
M Bill Baxter |
W Les Smith |
W Tommy Southren |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Peter McParland |
CF Derek Pace |
MANAGER
Everton
Harris, Tansey, Moore, Donovan, Lello, Jones, Harris, Farrell, Eglington, Fielding, Harris.
Manager: Ian Buchan.
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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