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Game #2401

Saturday, 15 September 1956

Attendance: 43,947

Lost

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

DWDWL

Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-4

Tottenham Hotspur

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Peter McParland, scored but Villa lose for the first time in six games, Saturday, 15 September 1956.

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

ON THIS DAY

Villa lose for the second time in eight games to make it three wins, three draws and two defeats in Division One so far this season.

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #141 |
Saturday, 15 September 1956

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 2-4 |
Last 5 Games | DWDWL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

All the matches

TEAM NEWS

Eric Houghton names the same line up for the eighth 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 |

Tottenham Hotspur

Ditchburn, Baker, Clarke, Hopkins, Blanchflower (ex), Marchi, Stokes (g), Harmer (g), Robb (g), Medwin, Smith (g).

Manager: Jimmy Anderson.

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

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PROGRAMME

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