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Game #2323

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 28 December 1954

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Won

LLDWW

Division One

Manchester United

Villa Park

Attendance: 48,718

🟩 28 Dec 1954, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Manchester United

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🟩 28 Dec 1954, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 28 December 1954

25’ Goal, 1-0, Johnny Dixon
HT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester United
70’ Goal, 1-1, (Manchester United), Tommy Taylor
80’ Goal, 2-1, Norman Lockhart
FT Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 28 Dec 1954, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 28 December 1954

Eric Houghton's Villa win for the successive games on successive days to make it eight wins, five draws and eleven defeats after twenty four division one matches.

🟩 28 Dec 1954, Villa 2-1 United, 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

Manchester United

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

Aston Villa

Manchester United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. Manchester United: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟩 |

Manchester United

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Manchester United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #63 |
Tuesday, 28 December 1954

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🟩 28 Dec 1954, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-1 |
Last 5 Games | LLDWW |

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

🕒 63 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 14 🟥 27 | 1.27

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

🟩 28 Dec 1954, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟩 28 Dec 1954, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Con Martin replaces Frank Moss.

Not recorded

Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Con Martin |
M Vic Crowe |
M Amos Moss |
W Norman Lockhart |
W Tommy Southren |
F Eddie Follan |
F Tommy Thompson |
F Johnny Dixon |

MANAGER

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Manchester United

Wood, Byrne, Foulkes, Gibson, Edwards, Chilton, Pegg, Viollet, Berry, Webster, Taylor (g).

Manager: Matt Busby.

Line Ups

🟩 28 Dec 1954, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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Substitutes

🟩 28 Dec 1954, Villa 2-1 United, 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

🟩 28 Dec 1954, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
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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

🟩 28 Dec 1954, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 28 Dec 1954, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 28 Dec 1954, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 28 Dec 1954, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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