Game #2361
Aston Villa
1-7-5, 9 PTS
Saturday, 15 October 1955
Drew
18th=
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
Division One
Manchester United
6-4-3, 16 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 29,478
🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-4
Manchester United
Assist(s) | Vic Crowe | 16' | Tommy Southren | 64' |
🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 October 1955
🟢 | 1' Debut, Pat Saward
⚽ | 16' Goal, 1-0, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Vic Crowe
⚽ | 23' Goal, 2-0, Johnny Dixon
🥅 | 25' Goal, 2-1, (Manchester United), Blanchflower
🥅 | 31' Goal, 2-2, (Manchester United), Webster
🥅 | Goal, 2-3, (Manchester United), Pegg
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-3 Manchester United
🥅 | 54' Goal, 2-4, (Manchester United), Pegg
⚽ | 60' Goal, 3-4, Dave Hickson
⚽ | 64' Goal, 4-4, Pat Saward, Assist by Tommy Southren
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-4 Manchester United
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
🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 15 October 1955
Villa manage to score as many goals in as they had managed in their previous eight games but still they cannot win as they make it 10 winless games in a row.
Johnny Dixon scores his 5th and 6th goals of the season but his first since August to put Villa two ahead in 16' but somehow Villa find themselves 2-4 behind after 54' and staring a fourth consecutive defeat in the face.
Villa had other ideas though as the hitherto failure of a signing Dave Hickson scored his first goal on 60' before Pat Saward on debut hit the equalising goal.
Eric Houghton's Villa end a run of three successive defeats.
Pat Saward makes a goalscoring debut after moving from Millwall in August 1955
🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | #447 | £7,000 signing from Millwall
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Manchester United
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1951-52
🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #101 |
Saturday, 15 October 1955
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🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: George McCabe | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1955-1969
HT Score: 🟥 2-3
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 4-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: George McCabe | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1955-1969
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
🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Pat Saward (debut) and Peter McParland replace Norman Lockhart and Colin Gibson.
Not recorded
🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, Villa Park
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Dave Hickson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Matt Busby | 🏴 |
Manchester United
Wood, Byrne, Jones, Foulkes, Whitefoot, McGuinness, Blanchflower (g), Pegg (g) (g), Berry, Webster (g), Taylor.
Manager: Matt Busby.
🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, 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
🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, 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 🇺
🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟨 15 Oct 1955, Villa 4-4 United, Villa Park