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Game #2301

Aston Villa

Monday, 23 August 1954

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Drew

WWLLD

Division One

Sunderland

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,983

🟨 23 Aug 1954, Villa 2-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-2

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Sunderland

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🟨 23 Aug 1954, Villa 2-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 23 August 1954

Match Statistics

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🟨 23 Aug 1954, Villa 2-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 23 August 1954

Eric Houghton's Villa secure a home draw following their opening day defeat at Villa Park.

🟨 23 Aug 1954, Villa 2-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Sunderland

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37

Aston Villa

Sunderland

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sunderland

Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 |

🟨 23 Aug 1954, Villa 2-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #41 |
Monday, 23 August 1954

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🟨 23 Aug 1954, Villa 2-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 2-2 |
Last 5 Games | WWLLD |

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 41 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 10 🟥 17 | 1.27

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

🟨 23 Aug 1954, Villa 2-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 23 Aug 1954, Villa 2-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.

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Referee
Manager

🟨 23 Aug 1954, Villa 2-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Bill Baxter |
W Ken Roberts |
CF Derek Pace |
F Peter McParland |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |

MANAGER

Bill Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Sunderland

Fraser, Anderson, Hedley, McDonald, Aitken, Wright, Purdon, Chisolm (g), Shackleton, Elliott.

Manager: Bill Murray.

Line Ups

🟨 23 Aug 1954, Villa 2-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟨 23 Aug 1954, Villa 2-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

🟨 23 Aug 1954, Villa 2-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

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Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 23 Aug 1954, Villa 2-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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