Game #2401
Aston Villa
3-3-2, 9 PTS
Saturday, 15 September 1956


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

Tottenham Hotspur

Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 28' | Peter McParland | 30' |
🟥 15 Sep 1956, Villa 2-4 Spurs, Villa Park


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

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

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


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


Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Eddie Meaden | 🏴 | Trowbridge, 1956 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 15 Sep 1956, Villa 2-4 Spurs, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Eddie Meaden | 🏴 | Trowbridge, 1956 🆘
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

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

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Eric Houghton names the same line up for the eighth successive game.
Not recorded
🟥 15 Sep 1956, Villa 2-4 Spurs, Villa Park
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
Jimmy Anderson | 🏴 |

Tottenham Hotspur
Ditchburn, Baker, Clarke, Hopkins, Blanchflower (ex), Marchi, Stokes (g), Harmer (g), Robb (g), Medwin, Smith (g).
Manager: Jimmy Anderson.
🟥 15 Sep 1956, Villa 2-4 Spurs, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
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UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 15 Sep 1956, Villa 2-4 Spurs, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

Injury | 1 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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


MATCH QUOTES
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