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Game #2370

Aston Villa

4-8-10, 16 PTS

Saturday, 17 December 1955

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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

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Manchester City

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Assist(s) | None

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

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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

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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

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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

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester City

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Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Robert Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Newport
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Robert Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Newport

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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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

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Eddie Follan and Derek Pace replace Con Martin and Johnny Dixon.

Not recorded

Referee

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

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester City

Trautmann, Leivers, Little, Ewing, Paul, Spurdle (g), Barnes, Dyson (g) (g), Hayes, Clarke, Johnstone.

Manager: Les McDowall.

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

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

SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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MATCH VIDEO

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