Game #2396
Aston Villa
Saturday, 25 August 1956
Drew
WWWLD
Division One
Attendance: 24,326
Manchester City
Maine Road
Manchester City
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Les Smith, scored Villa's equaliser, Saturday, 25 August 1956.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 25 August 1956
ON THIS DAY
Villa make it one win, one defeat and one draw in Division One so far this season.
Aston Villa
Manchester City
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1955-56
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 |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 136 | 🟩 | 48 🟨 36 🟥 52 | 1.32
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
Manchester City
TEAM NEWS
Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up for the second successive game.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
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 |
MANAGER
Manchester City
Savage, Leivers, Little, Ewing, Paul, Barnes, Revie, Hayes, Hart, Clarke (g), Johnstone.
Manager: Les McDowall.
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