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Game #2322

Aston Villa

7-5-11, 19 PTS

Monday, 27 December 1954

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Won

20th

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Manchester United

12-4-7, 28 PTS

Old Trafford

Attendance: 50,941

🟩 27 Dec 1954, Villa 1-0 United, Old Trafford

Manchester United

0-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Tommy Southren | 20' |

🟩 27 Dec 1954, Villa 1-0 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 27 December 1954

⚽ | 20’ Goal, 1-0, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Tommy Southren
🕒 | HT Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Manchester United 1-0 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

🟩 27 Dec 1954, Villa 1-0 United, Old Trafford

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 27 December 1954

  • Eric Houghton's Villa win for the second time in eight to make it seven wins, five draws and eleven defeats after twenty three division one matches. 

  • Meanwhile, winger Tommy Southren contributes and assist on his Villa debut after moving from West Ham United earlier this month.

🟩 27 Dec 1954, Villa 1-0 United, Old Trafford

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #443 | £12,000 signing from West Ham

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Manchester United

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1951-52

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester United

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Previous 5 vs. United: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Manchester United

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Manchester United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 27 Dec 1954, Villa 1-0 United, Old Trafford

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #62 |
Monday, 27 December 1954

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🟩 27 Dec 1954, Villa 1-0 United, Old Trafford

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 27 Dec 1954, Villa 1-0 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 27 Dec 1954, Villa 1-0 United, Old Trafford

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tommy Southren makes his debut in place of Peter McParland.

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Referee

🟩 27 Dec 1954, Villa 1-0 United, Old Trafford

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔥 |
F Eddie Follan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Matt Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester United

Wood, Byrne, Foulkes, Gibson, Edwards, Blanchflower, Chilton, Rowley, Viollet, Berry, Webster.

Manager: Matt Busby.

Line Ups

🟩 27 Dec 1954, Villa 1-0 United, Old Trafford

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

🟩 27 Dec 1954, Villa 1-0 United, Old Trafford

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

Squad Bios

🟩 27 Dec 1954, Villa 1-0 United, Old Trafford

SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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🟩 27 Dec 1954, Villa 1-0 United, Old Trafford

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 27 Dec 1954, Villa 1-0 United, Old Trafford

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 27 Dec 1954, Villa 1-0 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 27 Dec 1954, Villa 1-0 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 27 Dec 1954, Villa 1-0 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH VIDEO

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