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Game #2379

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 28 January 1956

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Lost

4th Round

DWLLL

FA Cup

Arsenal

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Highbury

Attendance: 43,052

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

Arsenal

4-1

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Aston Villa

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Scorer(s) | Johnny Dixon |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

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

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 28 January 1956

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Match Statistics

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 28 January 1956

Eric Houghton's Villa make it three consecutive losses in all competitions, conceding fourteen and scoring two as they are dumped out of the Cup at Highbury. 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

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

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FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Arsenal

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1952–53

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 |

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-4 |
Last 5 Games | WDWLL |

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 119 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 31 🟥 47 | 1.29

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Con Martin, Derek Pace and Bill Baxter replace George Ashfield, Ray Hogg and Norman Lockhart.

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Referee
Manager

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

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Ken Jones |
CB Con Martin |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
M Vic Crowe |
M Bill Baxter |
W Tommy Southren |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Peter McParland |
CF Derek Pace |

MANAGER

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Arsenal

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Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

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SUBSTITUTES

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

Player Positions:

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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

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Match Symbols:

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⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
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GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
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Goal
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Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
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Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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MATCH VIDEO

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