Game #2354
Aston Villa
Monday, 5 September 1955
Drew
LWLDD
Division One
Birmingham City
Attendance: 56,935
Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-0
Birmingham City
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 5 September 1955
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa draw for the second successive game to make it one win, three draws and two defeats in six games this season.
Meanwhile, centre forward Dave Hickson made his Villa debut after moving from Everton earlier this month.
Aston Villa
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham City: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟨 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #94 |
Monday, 5 September 1955
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 0-0 |
Last 5 Games | LWLDD |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 94 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 24 🟥 34 | 1.40
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
Birmingham City
TEAM NEWS
Vic Crowe and Dave Hickson (debut) replace Amos Moss and Joe Tyrrell.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
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 |
CF Dave Hickson |
F Eddie Follan |
MANAGER
Arthur Turner | 🏴 |
Birmingham City
Merrick, Green, Newman, Hall, Warhurst, Boyd, Murphy, Brown, Govan, Kinsey, Astall.
Manager: Arthur Turner.
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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