Game #2370
Aston Villa
4-8-10, 16 PTS
Saturday, 17 December 1955


Lost
19th
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Division One
Manchester City
6-7-7, 19 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 19,215
🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-3

Manchester City

Assist(s) | None
🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 17 December 1955
🥅 | 1' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Spurdle
🥅 | 19' Goal, 0-2, (Manchester City), Dyson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Manchester City
🥅 | 60' Goal, 0-3, (Manchester City), Dyson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-3 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
🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 17 December 1955
Villa concede a freak goal in the first minute and Manchester City never look back having scored at Villa Park for the first time in four years.
Eric Houghton's Villa lose at Villa Park to make it four wins, eight draws and ten defeats in twenty two games this season.
Meanwhile, forward Eddie Follan made his final appearance before moving to Worcester City in May 1956. Follan played for Villa in 1954-55 and 1955-56 making 36 appearances and scoring 7 goals.
🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 F Eddie Follan | 🏴 | 1954-55 🕒 36 | ✅ 36 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 6 | 🔥 5 | 🇺 - | #440 |
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Manchester City


League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37
🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #110 |
Saturday, 17 December 1955
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🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Robert Smith | 🏴 | Newport
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Robert Smith | 🏴 | Newport
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
🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Eddie Follan and Derek Pace replace Con Martin and Johnny Dixon.
Not recorded
🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958

Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴 |
M Trevor Birch | 🏴 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴 |
F Eddie Follan | 🏴 | 🔴 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Les McDowall | 🏴 |

Manchester City
Trautmann, Leivers, Little, Ewing, Paul, Spurdle (g), Barnes, Dyson (g) (g), Hayes, Clarke, Johnstone.
Manager: Les McDowall.
🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, 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
🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
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UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS









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🟥 17 Dec 1955, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Villa Park

