Game #2403
Aston Villa
Saturday, 29 September 1956
Drew
DWLLD
Division One
Attendance: 34,402
Bolton Wanderers
Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-0
Bolton Wanderers
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 29 September 1956
ON THIS DAY
Villa fail to score for the fifth time in ten games under Eric Houghton and are without a win in three with two defeats.
Meanwhile, Stan Crowther made his Villa debut after moving from Bilston Town in August 1955.
Aston Villa
Bolton Wanderers
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1928-29
FIXTURE HISTORY
Bolton Wanderers
Previous 5 vs. Bolton: | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #143 |
Saturday, 29 September 1956
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 0-0 |
Last 5 Games | DWLLD |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 143 | 🟩 | 50 🟨 39 🟥 54 | 1.32
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Bolton Wanderers
TEAM NEWS
Eric Houghton makes his first change to the Villa line up this season as Stan Crowther makes his debut in place of Derek Pace.
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 |
M Stan Crowther |
W Les Smith |
CF Peter McParland |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Jackie Sewell |
MANAGER
Bolton Wanderers
Hopkinson, Banks, Higgins, Hartle, Neill, Hennin, Parry, Allcock, Edwards, Holden, Lofthouse.
Manager: Bill Ridding.
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
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