Game #2398
Aston Villa
2-2-1, 6 PTS
Saturday, 1 September 1956
7th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Ray Hogg | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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
Goalkeepers
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Ray Hogg | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
Wingers
W Les J Smith | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Forwards
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Team News
Eric Houghton names the same line up for the fifth successive game.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Won
3-2
🟩 1 Sep 1956, Villa 3-2 Blackpool, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 22' | 44' | Jackie Sewell | 72' |
Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 22' | 72' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 22' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🥅 | 41' Goal, 1-1, (Blackpool), Jackie Mudie
⚽ | 44' Goal, 2-1, Peter McParland
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Blackpool
🥅 | 58' Goal, 2-2, (Blackpool), Allan Brown
⚽ | 72' Goal, 3-2, Jackie Sewell, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Blackpool
Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #138 |
Saturday, 1 September 1956
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: E. R. Hill | 🏴 | Chester, 1954-1957
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Officials
Referee: E. R. Hill | 🏴 | Chester, 1954-1957
Linesmen: J. Fisher; J. Hamblett
Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 32 | 🟩 W15 (47% ) | 🟨 D6 | 🇺(66% ) | 🟥 L11 (34% ) | ⚽ 65 | 🥅 53 | GD 12
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Division One
Blackpool
3-0-2, 6 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 44,374
GK George Farm | 🏴 |
CB Roy Gratrix | 🏴 |
D Jimmy Armfield | 🏴 |
LB Jackie Wright | 🏴 |
LB Hugh Kelly | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Kelly | 🏴 |
W Stanley Matthews | 🏴 |
F Dave Durie | 🏴 |
F Bill Perry | 🏴 |
CF Jackie Mudie | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Allan Brown | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Joe Smith | 🏴 |
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: 1952-53
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK George Farm | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Roy Gratrix | 🏴 |
D Jimmy Armfield | 🏴 |
Full Backs
LB Jackie Wright | 🏴 |
LB Hugh Kelly | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Jimmy Kelly | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Stanley Matthews | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Dave Durie | 🏴 |
F Bill Perry | 🏴 |
CF Jackie Mudie | 🏴 |
F Allan Brown | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa are pegged back twice by Stanley Matthews' Blackpool before grabbing a winner through Jackie Sewell as both he and Peter McParland score their first goals of the campaign.
Villa win for the first time since the opening day of the season but are now unbeaten in three in Division One under Eric Houghton.
What they Said
