Game #2351
Aston Villa
Saturday, 27 August 1955
Won
WWDLW
Division One
Cardiff City
Villa Park
Attendance: 32,893
🟩 27 Aug 1955, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0
Cardiff City
Assist(s) | Not recorded
🟩 27 Aug 1955, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 August 1955
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 27 Aug 1955, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 27 August 1955
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Cardiff City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1926-27
Aston Villa
Cardiff City
🟩 27 Aug 1955, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #91 |
Saturday, 27 August 1955
🟩 27 Aug 1955, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-0 |
Last 5 Games | WWDLW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 91 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 22 🟥 33 | 1.43
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
🟩 27 Aug 1955, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
🟩 27 Aug 1955, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Eric Houghton names the same line up for the third successive game.
Not recorded
🟩 27 Aug 1955, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Con Martin |
M Bill Baxter |
M Vic Crowe |
W Colin Gibson |
W Tommy Southren |
F Peter McParland |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Eddie Follan |
MANAGER
Trevor Morris | 🏴 |
Cardiff City
Howells, Sullivan, Stitfall, Rutter, Harrington, Jones, Dixon, Stockin, McSeveney, Kirtley, Ford (ex).
Manager: Trevor Morris.
🟩 27 Aug 1955, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 27 Aug 1955, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park
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
🟩 27 Aug 1955, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
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GK Keith Jones | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
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🟩 27 Aug 1955, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 27 Aug 1955, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 27 Aug 1955, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 27 Aug 1955, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 27 Aug 1955, Villa 2-0 Cardiff, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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