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Game #2401

Aston Villa

3-3-2, 9 PTS

Saturday, 15 September 1956

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Lost

9th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

5-1-2, 11 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 43,947

🟥 15 Sep 1956, Villa 2-4 Spurs, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-4

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Tottenham Hotspur

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Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 28' | Peter McParland | 30' |

🟥 15 Sep 1956, Villa 2-4 Spurs, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 September 1956

⚽ | 28' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Johnny Dixon
⚽ | 30' Goal, 2-0, Derek Pace, Assist by Peter McParland
🥅 | 35' Goal, 2-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Bobby Smith
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, Jimmy Dugdale after a tackle with Bobby Smith
🆘 | Referee Meaden orders Smith to have his boots checked and repaired
🆘 | Spurs' Ditchburn in altercation with Jackie Sewell and is promptly showered in apple cores from the crowd
🥅 | 45' Goal, 2-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Harmer
🆘 | Clarke fouls Sims in the Villa goal as the 'keeper holds the ball from an incoming corner, the ball falling loose is put in the net by Harmer, referee Meaden fails to disallow the goal.
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
🥅 | 46' Goal, 2-3, (Tottenham Hotspur), Robb
🥅 | Goal, 2-4, (Tottenham Hotspur), Stokes
🚑 | 75' Player retires from field of play with injury, Bill Baxter after collision with team-mate Sims
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-4 Tottenham Hotspur

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

🟥 15 Sep 1956, Villa 2-4 Spurs, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 15 September 1956
  • Peter McParland scores one and creates one for his 3rd goal in 4 whilst Johnny Dixon gets his 3rd assist of the season.

  • Villa concede for the first time in three games having looked on course for another victory but a poor refereeing performance from E. T. Meaden removes the chance of victory.

  • Villa lose for the 7th time in 7 against Spurs at Villa Park as outrageous misfortune plagues the home side.

  • Two nil ahead after 30' it could easily have been 5-0 but by half time it was all square as Spurs grabbed a contentious equaliser haivng fouled 'keeper Sims with the ball in hand.

  • From there everything that could go wrong did.

  • Villa lose for the second time in eight games to make it three wins, three draws and two defeats in Division One so far this season.

🟥 15 Sep 1956, Villa 2-4 Spurs, Villa Park

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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

Tottenham Hotspur

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1950-51

FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
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Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

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

🟥 15 Sep 1956, Villa 2-4 Spurs, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #141 |
Saturday, 15 September 1956

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🟥 15 Sep 1956, Villa 2-4 Spurs, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Eddie Meaden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Trowbridge, 1956
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

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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

🟥 15 Sep 1956, Villa 2-4 Spurs, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Eddie Meaden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Trowbridge, 1956

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

🆘 Failed to disallow a Spurs equaliser from a blatant foul on the 'keeper having already allowed Spurs' foul play to injure and incite.

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 15 Sep 1956, Villa 2-4 Spurs, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Eric Houghton names the same line up for the eighth successive game.

Not recorded

Referee

🟥 15 Sep 1956, Villa 2-4 Spurs, Villa Park

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

Jimmy Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

Ditchburn, Baker, Clarke, Hopkins, Blanchflower (ex), Marchi, Stokes (g), Harmer (g), Robb (g), Medwin, Smith (g).

Manager: Jimmy Anderson.

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 15 Sep 1956, Villa 2-4 Spurs, 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:

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

🟥 15 Sep 1956, Villa 2-4 Spurs, Villa Park

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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Injury | 1 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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