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Game #2380

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 11 February 1956

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Drew

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WLLLD

Division One

Arsenal

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Villa Park

Attendance: 28,060

🟨 11 Feb 1956, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-1

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Arsenal

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Scorer(s) | Johnny Dixon |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

🟨 11 Feb 1956, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 11 February 1956

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Match Statistics

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🟨 11 Feb 1956, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 11 February 1956

Eric Houghton's Villa end a run of three heavy defeats to draw with their FA Cup conquerers and make it five wins, ten draws and fourteen defeats in twenty nine games this season. Meanwhile, Villa handed debuts to full back Roy Pritchard after moving from Wolverhampton Wanderers in February 1955, winger Les Smith following his move from Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier this month and centre back Jimmy Dugdale after moving from West Bromwich Albion in January 1956.

🟨 11 Feb 1956, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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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: | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 |

🟨 11 Feb 1956, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #120 |
Saturday, 11 February 1956

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🟨 11 Feb 1956, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | DWLLD |

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

🕒 120 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 32 🟥 47 | 1.29

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

🟨 11 Feb 1956, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 11 Feb 1956, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Jimmy Dugdale (debut), Roy Prtichard (debut) and Les Smith (debut) replace Con Martin, Peter Aldis and Tommy Southren.

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Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Ken Jones |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
FB Roy Pritchard |
FB Stan Lynn |
M Vic Crowe |
M Bill Baxter |
W Les Smith |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Peter McParland |
CF Derek Pace |

MANAGER

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Arsenal

Kelsey, Charlton, Dodgin, Evans, Bowen, Groves (g), Bloomfield, Tiddy, Goring, Herd, Clapton.

Manager: Tom Whittaker.

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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Substitutes

🟨 11 Feb 1956, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, 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:

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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

🟨 11 Feb 1956, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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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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Red
GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
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Red

UNUSED

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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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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

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

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MATCH VIDEO

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