Game #2396
Saturday, 25 August 1956
Attendance: 24,326
Drew
Division One
Manchester City
WWWLD
Maine Road
Manchester City
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Les Smith, scored Villa's equaliser, Saturday, 25 August 1956.
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MATCH TIMELINE
ON THIS DAY
Villa make it one win, one defeat and one draw in Division One so far this season.
Aston Villa
Manchester City
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #136 |
Saturday, 25 August 1956
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | WWWLD |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Manchester City
TEAM NEWS
Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up for the second successive game.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Houghton
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Ray Hogg |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
M Bill Baxter |
M Pat Saward |
W Les Smith |
W Derek Pace |
CF Peter McParland |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Jackie Sewell |
Manchester City
Savage, Leivers, Little, Ewing, Paul, Barnes, Revie, Hayes, Hart, Clarke (g), Johnstone.
Manager: Les McDowall.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
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