Game #2312
Aston Villa
3-4-6, 10 PTS
Saturday, 16 October 1954
Won
17th
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩
Division One
Manchester City
7-3-3, 17 PTS
Maine Road
Attendance: 36,384
🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
Manchester City
2-4
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 43' | Eddie Follan | 62' | 64' | Norman Lockhart | 82' |
🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 October 1954
🥅 | 25' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Spurdle
⚽ | 43' Goal, 1-1, Davy Walsh, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | HT Manchester City 2-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 48' Goal, 1-2, (Manchester City), Spurdle
⚽ | 62' Goal, 2-2, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Eddie Follan
⚽ | 64' Goal, 3-2, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Eddie Follan
⚽ | 82' Goal, 4-2, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Norman Lockhart
🕒 | FT Manchester City 2-4 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 16 October 1954
Villa concede first for the ninth time in 13 games but manage to win win for the first time in six and only the third time in 1954-55 as they score three or more goals for the fourth time in six away games.
Midfielder Vic Crowe 🏴 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after coming through the youth ranks to become the 439th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Forward Eddie Follan 🏴 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after coming through the youth ranks to become the 440th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Vic Crowe | 🏴 | #439 | Youth team promotion
🟢 F Eddie Follan | 🏴 | #440 | Free transfer from Prescot Cables
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Manchester City
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37
🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #52 |
Saturday, 16 October 1954
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🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1952-1963
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1952-1963
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Peter Aldis, Vic Crowe (debut), Eddie Follan (debut) and Davy Walsh replace Harry Parkes, Danny Blanchflower, Derek Pace and Johnny Dixon.
Not recorded
🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
F Eddie Follan | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Les McDowall | 🏴 |
Manchester City
Trautmann, McTavish, Little, Ewing, Meadows, Spurdle (g) (g), Barnes, Hart, Fagan, McAdams, Revie.
Manager: Les McDowall.
🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 4 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 16 Oct 1954, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Maine Road