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Game #2396

Aston Villa

1-1-1, 3 PTS

Saturday, 25 August 1956

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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

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Pat Saward | 12' |

🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

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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

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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

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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

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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

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1955-56

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester City

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Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Harry Hawthorne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crook
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Harry Hawthorne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crook

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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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

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up for the second successive game.

Not recorded

Referee

🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester City

Savage, Leivers, Little, Ewing, Paul, Barnes, Revie, Hayes, Hart, Clarke (g), Johnstone.

Manager: Les McDowall.

Line Ups

🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 25 Aug 1956, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH VIDEO

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