Game #2396
Aston Villa
1-1-1, 3 PTS
Saturday, 25 August 1956
Drew
10th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
Division One
Manchester City
0-2-1, 2 PTS
Maine Road
Attendance: 24,326
🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
Manchester City
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Pat Saward | 12' |
🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 25 August 1956
💥 | 3' Manchester City's Hayes manages to hit both posts with successive shots
⚽ | 12' Goal, 1-0, Les Smith, Assist by Pat Saward
❗ | 20' Chance! Jackie Sewell just wide with the 'keeper beaten
❗ | Chance! Derek Pace just over with the 'keeper beaten
❗ | Chance! Derek Pace wide
❗ | Chance! Johnny Dixon's shot is spilled onto the post by the 'keeper
🕒 | HT Manchester City 0-1 Aston Villa
❗ | 46' Chance! 'Keeper Savage saves
🆘 | Villa are denied a goal after Les Smith is incorrectly deemed offside by referee Hawthorne
🆘 | Villa are denied a goal for the second time after Les Smith is once again incorrectly deemed offside by referee Hawthorne
🥅 | 72' Goal, 1-1, (Manchester City), Clarke
🕒 | FT Manchester City 1-1 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
🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 25 August 1956
Villa play in pitiful Manchester weather on a saturated pitch but have the nous to handled the conditions. Their deserved lead however is cancelled out by late scrambled goal by the hosts.
Villa make it one win, one defeat and one draw in Division One so far this season.
🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
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
Manchester City
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1955-56
🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #136 |
Saturday, 25 August 1956
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🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Harry Hawthorne | 🏴 | Crook
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Harry Hawthorne | 🏴 | Crook
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
🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up for the second successive game.
Not recorded
🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Ray Hogg | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Les McDowall | 🏴 |
Manchester City
Savage, Leivers, Little, Ewing, Paul, Barnes, Revie, Hayes, Hart, Clarke (g), Johnstone.
Manager: Les McDowall.
🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
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
🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCH REPORTS
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🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road