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Game #2371

Aston Villa

4-8-11, 16 PTS

Saturday, 24 December 1955

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Lost

20th

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Cardiff City

8-3-11, 19 PTS

Ninian Park

Attendance: 20,384

🟥 24 Dec 1955, Villa 0-1 Cardiff, Ninian

Cardiff City

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 24 Dec 1955, Villa 0-1 Cardiff, Ninian

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 24 December 1955

🕒 | HT Cardiff City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 75' Goal, 0-1, (Cardiff City), Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | FT Cardiff City 1-0 Aston Villa

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 Dec 1955, Villa 0-1 Cardiff, Ninian

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 24 December 1955

  • Eric Houghton's Villa lose successive games to make it four wins, eight draws and eleven defeats in twenty three games this season.

🟥 24 Dec 1955, Villa 0-1 Cardiff, Ninian

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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

Cardiff City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1926-27

FIXTURE HISTORY

Cardiff City

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Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

League 🕒 24 | 🟩 12 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 11 | ⚽ 32 | 🥅 29 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 5 |

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

🟥 24 Dec 1955, Villa 0-1 Cardiff, Ninian

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #111 |
Saturday, 24 December 1955

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🟥 24 Dec 1955, Villa 0-1 Cardiff, Ninian

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
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

🟥 24 Dec 1955, Villa 0-1 Cardiff, Ninian

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

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

🟥 24 Dec 1955, Villa 0-1 Cardiff, Ninian

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Con Martin, Johnny Dixon, Vic Crowe and Tommy Southren replace Trevor Birch, Derek Pace, Peter McParland and Eddie Follan.

Not recorded

Referee

🟥 24 Dec 1955, Villa 0-1 Cardiff, Ninian

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Norman Lockhart |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Trevor Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Cardiff City

Howells, Sherwood, Malloy, Harrington, Davies, Baker, Walsh, O’Halloran, McSeveney, Kirtley, Hitchens (ex) (g).

Manager: Trevor Morris.

Line Ups

🟥 24 Dec 1955, Villa 0-1 Cardiff, Ninian

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 24 Dec 1955, Villa 0-1 Cardiff, Ninian

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

🟥 24 Dec 1955, Villa 0-1 Cardiff, Ninian

SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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🟥 24 Dec 1955, Villa 0-1 Cardiff, Ninian

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 24 Dec 1955, Villa 0-1 Cardiff, Ninian

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 24 Dec 1955, Villa 0-1 Cardiff, Ninian

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 24 Dec 1955, Villa 0-1 Cardiff, Ninian

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MATCH VIDEO

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