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Game #2347

Aston Villa

19-7-15, 45 PTS

Saturday, 30 April 1955

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Won

7th

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division One

Manchester City

18-10-14, 46 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,788

🟩 30 Apr 1955, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-0

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Manchester City

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Assist(s) | Norman Lockhart | 71' |

🟩 30 Apr 1955, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 April 1955

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 1-0, Stan Lynn, Assist by Norman Lockhart
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 2-0, Stan Lynn
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Manchester City

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

🟩 30 Apr 1955, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 30 April 1955
  • Stan Lynn, whose late season form has been instrumental in Villa's climb up the table, scores a brace as Villa beat 6th placed Manchester City in their final home game of the season.

  • With one game left to play, away at Goodison against 11th placed Everton, Villa are in with a chance of finishing 1954-55 in the top 6 of the First Division, something that would have been barely credible three months earlier.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa win for the ninth time in thirteen League games and record an eighth successive home League victory.

  • Villa had lost 7 of their first 11 home matches of 1954-55

  • Villa make it nineteen wins, seven draws and fifteen defeats in forty one division one matches.

  • Off the pitch it is announced that Billy Smith will finally retire from Villa having joined the staff in 1910 before succeeding George Ramsay as secretary in 1926, Smith's 45 year service is coming to an end due to ill-health.

🟩 30 Apr 1955, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

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

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
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Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

League 🕒 72 | 🟩 32 | 🟨 14 | 🟥 26 | ⚽ 130 | 🥅 114 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 12 |

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

🟩 30 Apr 1955, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #87 |
Saturday, 30 April 1955

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🟩 30 Apr 1955, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1952-1963
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

🟩 30 Apr 1955, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1952-1963

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

🟩 30 Apr 1955, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Ken Roberts replaces Colin Gibson.

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 30 Apr 1955, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Eddie Follan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Les McDowall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester City

Trautmann, Little, Ewing, Paul, Meadows, Barnes, Hayes, Fagan, Clarke, Johnstone, Revie.

Manager: Les McDowall.

Line Ups

🟩 30 Apr 1955, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 30 Apr 1955, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, 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

Squad Bios

🟩 30 Apr 1955, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 30 Apr 1955, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 30 Apr 1955, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 4 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 30 Apr 1955, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 30 Apr 1955, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 30 Apr 1955, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO
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