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Game #2393

Aston Villa

11-13-18, 35 PTS

Saturday, 28 April 1956

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Won

20th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

West Bromwich Albion

18-5-19, 41 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 42,876

🟩 28 Apr 1956, Villa 3-0 Albion, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-0

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West Brom

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Assist(s) | Derek Pace | 12' | Vic Crowe | 27' |

🟩 28 Apr 1956, Villa 3-0 Albion, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 April 1956

⚽ | 12' Goal, 1-0, Les Smith, Assist by Derek Pace
⚽ | 27' Goal, 2-0, Les Smith, Assist by Vic Crowe
⚽ | 39' Goal, 3-0, Millard og
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 West Bromwich Albion
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 West Bromwich Albion

Match Statistics

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Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 28 Apr 1956, Villa 3-0 Albion, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 28 April 1956
  • Villa simply have to beat Albion in their final game of the season to avoid relegation and Lss Smith, who has proven such a revelation since his debut in February, scores a brace to retain top flight status for Villa in 1956-57 but significant improvement is required from Eric Houghton and his team.

  • No little credit goes to Derek Pace as well with an assist to go with his five goals in the previous three games that proved so essential in Villa's survival.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa end the season in their strongest form with three successive wins to make it eleven wins, thirteen draws and eighteen defeats in their forty two division one games to end the season in 20th place, a whisker away from relegation.

🟩 28 Apr 1956, Villa 3-0 Albion, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

West Bromwich Albion

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1953-54

FIXTURE HISTORY
West Bromwich Albion
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Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

West Bromwich Albion

PREVIOUS MATCH
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West Bromwich Albion

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 28 Apr 1956, Villa 3-0 Albion, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #133 |
Saturday, 28 April 1956

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🟩 28 Apr 1956, Villa 3-0 Albion, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Benjamin Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Monmouth, 1948-1956
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 28 Apr 1956, Villa 3-0 Albion, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Benjamin Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Monmouth, 1948-1956

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 28 Apr 1956, Villa 3-0 Albion, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 28 Apr 1956, Villa 3-0 Albion, Villa Park

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Ray Hogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Vic Buckingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Bromwich Albion

GK Jimmy Sanders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Len Millard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Don Howe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Barlow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bobby Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W George Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Griffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Dudley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Whitehouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Summers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ronnie Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 28 Apr 1956, Villa 3-0 Albion, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 28 Apr 1956, Villa 3-0 Albion, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Squad Bios

🟩 28 Apr 1956, Villa 3-0 Albion, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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Team Cost: £82k
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Homegrown: 1/11

SQUAD STATS
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Team Cost: £45k
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Homegrown: 4/11

🟩 28 Apr 1956, Villa 3-0 Albion, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
FB Ray Hogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £25k |

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £25k |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Free |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Free |

W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £12k |

F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £20k |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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GK Jimmy Sanders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £3k |

LB Len Millard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
RB Don Howe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

M Jimmy Dudley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Youth |
M Ray Barlow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
M Gerry Summers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

W Bobby Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £28k |
W George Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £14k |
W Frank Griffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

F Brian Whitehouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
CF Ronnie Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

🟩 28 Apr 1956, Villa 3-0 Albion, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 2 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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