Game #2390
Aston Villa
8-13-18, 29 PTS
Saturday, 7 April 1956
Lost
21st
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
Division One
Tottenham Hotspur
13-6-18, 32 PTS
White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,235
🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
Tottenham Hotspur
4-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Vic Crowe | 18' |
🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 April 1956
🥅 | 16' Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Bobby Smith
⚽ | 18' Goal, 1-1, Les Smith, Assist by Vic Crowe
🥅 | 33' Goal, 1-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), McClellan
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 52' Goal, 2-2, Derek Pace
🥅 | 57' Goal, 2-3, (Tottenham Hotspur), Harmer
🥅 | 63' Goal, 2-4, (Tottenham Hotspur), Brooks
⚽ | 64' Goal, 3-4, Jimmy Dugdale
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 4-3 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
🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 7 April 1956
Villa's almost non-existent fight against relegation takes a turn for the worse as they are beaten by third from bottom Spurs who now have a three point lead over Villa with five games of their season left to play.
Villa, three points behind, have three to play.
Eric Houghton's Villa score three away from home after successive goalless draws but lose at White Hart Lane to make it eight wins, thirteen draws and eighteen defeats in thirty nine division one games this season.
🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
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
Tottenham Hotspur
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1950-51
🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #130 |
Saturday, 7 April 1956
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🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: A. L. Burnham | 🏴 | Leicester, 1956
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 3-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: A. L. Burnham | 🏴 | Leicester, 1956
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
🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Vic Crowe and Norman Lockhart replace Pat Saward and Trevor Birch.
Not recorded
🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Ray Hogg | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Jimmy Anderson | 🏴 |
Tottenham Hotspur
Reynolds, Ryden, Norman, Hopkins, Blanchflower (ex), Marchi, McClellan (g), Harmer (g), Robb, Brooks (g), Smith (g).
Manager: Jimmy Anderson.
🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
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
🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCH REPORTS
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🟥 7 Apr 1956, Villa 3-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane