Game #2388
Aston Villa
8-12-17, 28 PTS
Monday, 2 April 1956
21st
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Ray Hogg | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴 |
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 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: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
Team News
Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Drew
0-0
🟨 2 Apr 1956, Villa 0-0 Wolves, Molineux
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #128 |
Monday, 2 April 1956
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: H. P. Hartley | 🏴 | Burnley
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
Officials
Referee: H. P. Hartley | 🏴 | Burnley
Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 72 | 🟩 W32 (44% ) | 🟨 D17 | 🇺(68% ) | 🟥 L23 (32% ) | ⚽ 145 | 🥅 117 | GD 28
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Division One
Wolverhampton Wanderers
16-7-12, 39 PTS
Molineux
Attendance: 33,633
Williams, Shorthouse, Stuart, Wright, Slater, Clamp, Broadbent (ex), McDonald, Murray, Wilshaw, Mullen.
Manager: Stan Cullis.
Stan Cullis | 🏴 |
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: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1953-54
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa manage a draw at Molineux but remain one place off the bottom of the table with relegation apparently looming.
Eric Houghton's Villa make it eight wins, twelve draws and seventeen defeats in thirty seven division one games this season.
What they Said