Game #2415
Aston Villa
Saturday, 29 December 1956
Drew
LLWLD
Division One
Attendance: 16,777
Blackpool
Bloomfield Road
Blackpool
0-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 29 December 1956
ON THIS DAY
Villa fail to score for the second successive game to make it seven wins, seven draws and eight defeats in twenty two Division One games this season under Eric Houghton.
Aston Villa
Blackpool
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1952-53
FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackpool
Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #155 |
Saturday, 29 December 1956
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 0-0 |
Last 5 Games | LLWLD |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 155 | 🟩 | 54 🟨 42 🟥 59 | 1.32
Career Form:
Mid Table
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Blackpool
TEAM NEWS
Trevor Birch and Jackie Sewell replace Jimmy Dugdale and Billy Myerscough.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
M Trevor Birch |
M Stan Crowther |
M Pat Saward |
W Les Smith |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Johnny Dixon |
CF Peter McParland |
CF Derek Pace |
Blackpool
Farm, Kelly, Gratrix, Garrett, Armfield, Fenton, Matthews, Durie, Perry, Mudie, Brown.
Manager: Joe Smith.
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 Reported
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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