Game #2379
Aston Villa
Saturday, 28 January 1956


Lost
4th Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
FA Cup
Arsenal
Highbury
Attendance: 43,052
🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury
Arsenal
4-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Jackie Sewell | 61' |
🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 January 1956
🥅 | 4' Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Groves
🥅 | 20' Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Tapscott
🥅 | 44' Goal, 0-3, (Arsenal), Tapscott
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-3 Arsenal
🥅 | 60' Goal, 0-4, (Arsenal, pen), Charlton
⚽ | 61' Goal, 1-4, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Jackie Sewell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-4 Arsenal
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
🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 28 January 1956
Arsenal have four shots and score four goals as Villa are dumped out of the Cup at Highbury.
Eric Houghton's Villa make it three consecutive losses in all competitions, conceding fourteen and scoring two.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper and centre back Con Martin made his final appearance for Villa before moving on to Waterford in July. Martin played for Villa between 1948-49 and 1955-56 making 213 appearances and scoring once. Martin played 26 league matches and one FA Cup match as goalkeeper with his other 186 appearances coming as a centre half.
🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 CB GK Con Martin | 🇮🇪 | 1948-56 🕒 213 | ✅ 213 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 - | #412 |
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Arsenal


League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1952–53
🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #119 |
Saturday, 28 January 1956
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🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴 | Oldham, -1965
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Frank Cowen | 🏴 | Oldham, -1965
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
🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Con Martin, Derek Pace and Bill Baxter replace George Ashfield, Ray Hogg and Norman Lockhart.
Not recorded
🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958

Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 | 🔴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Tom Whittaker | 🏴 |

Arsenal
Kelsey
Charlton
Evans
Dodgin
Goring
Holton
Clapton
Tapscott
Groves
Bloomfield
Tiddy
🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period

🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury
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
🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury

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 🇺
🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury


MATCH REPORTS









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🟥 28 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Highbury

