Game #2358
Aston Villa
1-6-3, 8 PTS
Saturday, 24 September 1955
Lost
14th=
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥
Division One
Bolton Wanderers
4-1-3, 9 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 28,418
🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-2
Bolton Wanderers
Assist(s) | None
🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 September 1955
🥅 | 25' Goal, 0-1, (Bolton Wanderers), Nat Lofthouse
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Bolton Wanderers
🥅 | 74' Goal, 0-2, (Bolton Wanderers), Nat Lofthouse
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Bolton Wanderers
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
🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 24 September 1955
Villa stop a run of five draws with defeat and are now without a win in seven having scored 10 goals in 10 games so far this season.
It is chaos on the pitch however as referee Frank Coultas is incapacitated early in the game requiring linesman S. G. Finning to take over in the middle whilst a Bolton player, 12th man Eric Oldham takes over on the line.
Clearly that isn't acceptable and an experienced official from the watching spectators is called for.
Coming forward is one M. S. Price a Birmingham Works referee who takes over from Oldham.
A quarter of an hour later, Coultas returns and takes over from Price on the line.
It gets weirder as it is later revealed that Coultas was not even the designated referee for the match but was a replacement for the appointed Reg Windle, somthing Villa were only made aware of shortly before kick off.
🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, Villa Park
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
Bolton Wanderers
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1928-29
🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #98 |
Saturday, 24 September 1955
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🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Frank Coultas | 🏴 | Hull, 1953-1957
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Frank Coultas | 🏴 | Hull, 1953-1957
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Eric Houghton names the same line up for the fourth successive game.
Not recorded
🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, Villa Park
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Dave Hickson | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Bill Ridding | 🏴 |
Bolton Wanderers
Grieves, Banks, Hartle, Wheeler, Parry, Barrass, Edwards, Stevens, Birch, Holden, Lofthouse (g) (g).
Manager: Bill Ridding.
🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, 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
🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟥 24 Sep 1955, Villa 0-2 Bolton, Villa Park