Aston Villa
1-1-1, 3 PTS
Saturday, 25 August 1956
1956-57
10th=
Drew
1-1
Manchester City
0-2-1, 2 PTS
Division One
Maine Road
Attendance: 24,326
On This Day
Saturday, 25 August 1956
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๐จ 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
Scorer(s) Les Smith | 12' |
Assist(s) | Pat Saward | 12' |
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐จ
Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Game #2396
Match Record
Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #136 |
Saturday, 25 August 1956
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Harry Hawthorne | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Crook, 1956-1957
HT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
FT Result: ๐จ Drew
FT Score: ๐จ 1-1
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐จ
Head to Head
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฅ
Total ๐ 81 | ๐ฉ 34 | ๐จ 17 | ๐ฅ 30 | โฝ 142 | ๐ฅ
133 |
League ๐ 75 | ๐ฉ 32 | ๐จ 16 | ๐ฅ 27 | โฝ 133 | ๐ฅ
120 |
FA Cup ๐ 6 | ๐ฉ 2 | ๐จ 1 | ๐ฅ 3 | โฝ 9 | ๐ฅ
12 |
Home ๐ 41 | ๐ฉ 27 | ๐จ 8 | ๐ฅ 6 | โฝ 88 | ๐ฅ
42 |
Away ๐ 39 | ๐ฉ 7 | ๐จ 9 | ๐ฅ 23 | โฝ 53 | ๐ฅ
69 |
Neutral ๐ 1 | ๐ฉ 0 | ๐จ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | โฝ 1 | ๐ฅ
6 |
Villa Trophy Cabinet
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Head to Head
Opposition Trophy Cabinet
League Champions: ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1955-56
Team News
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
M Vic Crowe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up for the second successive game.
Squad News
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Match Timeline
๐ฅ | 3' Manchester City's Hayes manages to hit both posts with successive shots
โฝ | 12' Goal, 1-0, Les Smith, Assist by Pat Saward
โ | 20' Chance! Jackie Sewell just wide with the 'keeper beaten
โ | Chance! Derek Pace just over with the 'keeper beaten
โ | Chance! Derek Pace wide
โ | Chance! Johnny Dixon's shot is spilled onto the post by the 'keeper
๐ | HT Manchester City 0-1 Aston Villa
โ | 46' Chance! 'Keeper Savage saves
๐ | Villa are denied a goal after Les Smith is incorrectly deemed offside by referee Hawthorne
๐ | Villa are denied a goal for the second time after Les Smith is once again incorrectly deemed offside by referee Hawthorne
๐ฅ
| 72' Goal, 1-1, (Manchester City), Clarke
๐ | FT Manchester City 1-1 Aston Villa
Line Up & Subs
Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1953-1958
GK Nigel Sims | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Peter Aldis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Ray Hogg | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Bill Baxter | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Pat Saward | ๐ฎ๐ช | ๐ฅ |
W Les Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
W Peter McParland | ๐ฌ๐ง |
F Johnny Dixon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Jackie Sewell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Derek Pace | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Les McDowall | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Savage, Leivers, Little, Ewing, Paul, Barnes, Revie, Hayes, Hart, Clarke (g), Johnstone.
Manager: Les McDowall.
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Officials
Referee: Harry Hawthorne | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Crook, 1956-1957
Officials
Referee Profile
VAR Profile (Post 2021)
Officials
Villa Bookings
None
Opposition Bookings
None
Villa Sendings Off
None
Opposition Sendings Off
None
Matchday Squads
Match Stats
Not recorded
Match Media

What they Said
Match Highlights
Team Selection
Goalkeeper
Defenders
RB Ray Hogg | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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12
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12
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0
0
๐ฉ
5
๐จ
3
๐ฅ
4
Midfielders
Forwards
Substitutes
๐
๐
โฝ
Sub 1
๐ฅ
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 2
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 3
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 4
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
๐
๐
โฝ
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Sub 5
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
1956-57
First Team Squad
Matchday Programme
League Table



