Game #2407
Aston Villa
5-4-5, 14 PTS

Saturday, 3 November 1956
13th
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
GK Nigel Sims | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Peter Aldis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Stan Lynn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Ray Hogg | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ด |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Pat Saward | ๐ฎ๐ช |
W Les Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
W Ken O Roberts | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
W Peter McParland | ๐ฌ๐ง | โฝ |
F Johnny Dixon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Jackie Sewell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 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: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
M Vic Crowe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
Team News
Ray Hogg replaces Bill Baxter.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
๐ด RB Ray Hogg | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1955-56 ๐ 21 | โ 21 | ๐ (-) | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ - | #445 |
On This Day
Villa lose for the first time in three after successive wins to make it five wins, four draws and five defeats in fourteen Division One games this season under Eric Houghton.
Full back Ray Hogg makes his final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Mansfield Town in July 1958. Hogg played for Villa between 1954-55 and 1956-57 making 21 appearances.
Starting XI

Lost
1-2
๐ฅ 3 Nov 1956, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury
Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 35' |
Assist(s) | Les Smith | 35' |
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| 10' Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Groves
๐ฅ
| 15' Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Groves
โฝ | 35' Goal, 1-2, Peter McParland, Assist by Les Smith
๐ | HT Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa
๐ | FT Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #147 |
Saturday, 3 November 1956
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Jack Swain | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Cleethorpes, 1956-1958
HT Score: ๐ฅ 1-2
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
FT Score: ๐ฅ 1-2
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
Officials
Referee: Jack Swain | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Cleethorpes, 1956-1958
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
What they Said
Division One
Arsenal
8-1-7, 17 PTS
Highbury
Attendance: 40,045
Kelsey, Wills, Charlton, Dodgin, Evans, Brown, Groves (g) (g), Bloomfield, Holton, Haverty, Tapscott.
Manager: Jack Crayston.
Jack Crayston | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1952โ53
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1956-57
Playing Squad































