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Villa vs.

Doncaster Rovers

🟩 4 Feb 2009, Villa 3-1 Doncaster, Villa Park

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Game #5013

Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Lee Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 2006-2021
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #38 |
Manager Game | #121 |
Wednesday, 4 February 2009

Scorer(s) | Steve Sidwell | 15’ | John Carew | 19’ | Nathan Delfouneso | 61’ |

Assist(s) | Nicky Shorey | 61' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 78’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Shane Lowry | 🇮🇪 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W James Milner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Neil Sullivan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB James O’Connor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Matt Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Sam Hird | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB James Chambers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Stock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Martin Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Richie Wellens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Spicer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M James Coppinger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Jason Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M John Spicer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Paul Heffernan | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | M James Coppinger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Darren Byfield (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Jason Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (CF Lewis Guy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

CB Adam Lockwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jos Van Nieuwstadt | 🇳🇱 |
LB Gareth Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Gareth Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 15’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Sidwell
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 2-0, John Carew
🟨 | 34’ Booking, Steve Sidwell
🥅 | 45’ Goal, 2-1, (Doncaster Rovers), Jason Price
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Doncaster Rovers
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 3-1, Nathan Delfouneso, Assist by Nicky Shorey
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Isaiah Osbourne
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Doncaster Rovers

On This Day

  • Villa see off Doncaster to progress in the FA Cup against the sad backdrop of the loss of Villa cult hero Paul Birch earlier in the week.

  • John Carew scores his 25th goal to secure his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 62nd appearance (58 Starts) to make it W25 D20 L17, 25 Goals, 6 Assists and 9 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.87 starts he has made so far in his Villa career. 

  • Curtis Davies secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 43rd appearance (38 Starts) to make it W25 D12 L6, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Steve Sidwell contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 22nd appearance (18 Starts) to make it W14 D5 L3, 4 Goals, 1 Assist, 6 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career at a goal involvement rate of one every 4.40 games played so far in his Villa career.

  • Former Villa forward Darren Byfield makes a rare appearance against his boyhood club.

🟨 24 Jan 2009, Villa 0-0 Doncaster, Keepmoat Stadium

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Game #5010

Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #35 |
Manager Game | #118 |
Saturday, 24 January 2009

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W James Milner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 M Craig Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 70’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Neil Sullivan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Gareth Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB James O’Connor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Matt Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Sam Hird | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Stock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Martin Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Richie Wellens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Spicer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M James Coppinger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Lewis Guy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M John Spicer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Adam Lockwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M James Coppinger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Jason Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Lewis Guy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Paul Heffernan | 🇮🇪 |)

Unused Substitutes

CB Jos Van Nieuwstadt | 🇳🇱 |
M Mark Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gareth Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Darren Byfield (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Nigel Reo-Coker, Sub on, Craig Gardner
🕒 | FT Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa can only draw at Doncaster in the FA Cup in another disappointing performance in the South Yorkshire town after the infamous debacle under David O'Leary three years earlier.

🟥 29 November 2005, Villa 0-3 Doncaster, Earth Stadium.

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Game #4864

Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Season | 2005-06 |
Matchday | #17 |
Manager Game | #103 |
Tuesday, 29 November 2005

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
LB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W James Milner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Milan Baroš | 🇨🇿 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |

Substitutes

🔁 F Kevin Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 59’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Luke Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Dino Seremet | 🇸🇮 |
CB Nick Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Foster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stephen Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Sean Thornton | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Ricky Ravenhill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Mulligan | 🇳🇿 |
M James Coppinger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Michael McIndoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Lewis Guy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Paul Hefferman | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Lewis Guy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Paul Green | 🇮🇪 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Jan Budtz | 🇩🇰 |
CB Sam Oji | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Leo Fortune-West | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Neil Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Doncaster Rovers, pen), Michael McIndoe
🕒 | HT Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 0-2, (Doncaster Rovers), Paul Heffernan
🟨 | 54’ Booking, Jlloyd Samuel
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Jlloyd Samuel, Sub on, Kevin Phillips
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 0-3, (Doncaster Rovers), Sean Thornton
🕒 | FT Doncaster Rovers 3-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • David O'Leary plumbs new depths with performances and excuses as what little goodwill that remained is extinguished with a humiliating defeat to Doncaster.

  • It had been coming, another humiliating Cup defeat to lower league opposition under David O’Leary was nothing new, but this was on another level as the players he had spent the best part of his time as manager belittling and deriding simply gave up playing. It was almost as if they wanted him gone. The supporters certainly did and, before even the turn of December, the manager was a dead man walking. The only outstanding questions were when, and whether he would finally take the Chairman with him.

  • Thomas Sørensen makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W39 D25 L36, 128 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.28 goals per game and 32 Clean Sheets (32%) so far in his Villa career.

🟥 26 March 1971, Villa 1-2 Doncaster, Belle Vue.

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Game #3124

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #64 |
Friday, 26 March 1971

Scorer(s) | Harry Gregory | 10' |

Assist(s) | Pat McMahon | 10' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for F Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 70' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK Glenn Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ian Branfoot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stuart Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB John Haselden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dave Adamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH John Flowers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Archie Irvine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Brian Usher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Kitchen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bob Gilfillan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Chris Rabjohn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Harry Gregory, Assist by Pat McMahon
🥅 | 29’ Goal, 1-1, (Doncaster Rovers), Stuart Robertson
🥅 | 32’ Goal, 1-2, (Doncaster Rovers), Peter Kitchen
🕒 | HT Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Geoff Vowden, Sub on, Bruce Rioch
🕒 | FT Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa lose for the first time in six games but have now not won in seven League games to make it sixteen wins, thirteen draws and eight defeats in thirty seven division three games so far this season.

🟩 5 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Doncaster, Villa Park.

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Game #3082

Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Ivan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Accrington, 1970-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #22 |
Saturday, 5 September 1970

Scorer(s) | Andy Lochhead | 5' | 63' | Pat McMahon | 49' |

Assist(s) | Brian Godfrey | 5' | Willie Anderson | 49' | Chico Hamilton | 64' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | 🔁 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🚑 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for CB George Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK Glenn Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Bird | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stuart Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Haselden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ian Branfoot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chris Rabjohn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Archie Irvine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Brian Usher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tony Marsden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Steve Briggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Rod Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CB Stewart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Brian Godfrey
💥 | 6' Villa reduced to 10-men, Lew Chatterley leaves field of play with injury
💥 | 13' George Curtis injured but remains on field with limited movement
💥 | 30' Lew Chatterley returns to field
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 1-1, (Doncaster Rovers), Steve Briggs
💥 | 40' Injured George Curtis leaves field to be replaced by Jimmy Brown before Villa cancel the substitution
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Doncaster Rovers
🔁 | 46' Sub off, George Curtis, Sub on, Jimmy Brown
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 2-1, Pat McMahon, Assist by Willie Anderson
💥 | 49' Pat McMahon suffers clash of heads in scoring and leaves field of play
💥 | 49' Villa reduced to 10-men
💥 | 69' Pat McMahon returns to field of play despite large gash on his cheek
🥅 | 63’ Goal, 2-2, (Doncaster Rovers), Archie Irvine
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 3-2, Andy Lochhead, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Doncaster Rovers

On This Day

Vic Crowe's Villa bounce back from their ten man loss as Andy Lochhead finally scores 16 games after joining Villa from Leicester City in February. As a result, Villa make it three wins, a draw and a defeat in five division three games so far this season.

🟥 15 Feb 1955, Villa 1-3 Doncaster, The Hawthorns

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Game #2334

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Unknown
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #35 |
Manager Game | #74 |
Tuesday, 15 February 1955

Scorer(s) | Johnny Dixon | 76' |

Assist(s) | Norman Lockhart | 76' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Hardwick
Makepeace
Graham
Hunt
Williams
Herbert
Mooney
Tindill
J. Walker
Jeffrey
G. Walker

Substitutes

Unused Substitutes

Match Timeline

🥅 | 16' Goal, 0-1, (Doncaster Rovers), Jeffrey
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Doncaster Rovers
🥅 | 50' Goal, 0-2, (Doncaster Rovers), G. Walker
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 1-2, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Norman Lockhart
🥅 | Goal, 1-3, (Doncaster Rovers), Jeffrey
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Doncaster Rovers

On This Day

  • Eric Houghton's Villa to lose second division side Doncaster after the four previous fourth ties couldn't separate the two.

🟨 14 Feb 1955, Villa 0-0 Doncaster, Hillsborough

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Game #2333

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, -1962
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
No Extra Time | Abandoned at 90 minutes due to bad light
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #34 |
Manager Game | #73 |
Monday, 14 February 1955

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Eddie Follan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Hardwick
Makepeace
Graham
Hunt
Williams
Herbert
Mooney
Tindill
Jeffrey Walker
G. Walker

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Doncaster Rovers
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Doncaster Rovers

On This Day

  • Eric Houghton's Villa fail to beat second division side Doncaster at the third attempt meaning a fourth replay is needed to try and split the sides.

🟨 7 Feb 1955, Villa 1-1 Doncaster, Maine Road

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Game #2331

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

Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #32 |
Manager Game | #71 |
Monday, 7 February 1955

Scorer(s) | Tommy Thompson | 59' |

Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 59' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Hardwick
Makepeace
Graham
Hunt
Williams
Herbert
Mooney
McMorran
J. Walker
Jeffrey
Tindill

Substitutes

Unused Substitutes

Match Timeline

🥅 | 44' Goal, 0-1, (Doncaster Rovers), Jeffrey
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Doncaster Rovers
⚽ | 59' Goal, 1-1, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Doncaster Rovers
🕒 | AET Aston Villa 1-1 Doncaster Rovers

On This Day

  • Eric Houghton's Villa bounce back from their hammering at the Valley but cannot beat second division side Doncaster at the third attempt meaning a third replay is needed to try and split the sides.

🟨 2 Feb 1955, Villa 2-2 Doncaster, Villa Park

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Game #2329

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Unknown
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #30 |
Manager Game | #69 |
Wednesday, 2 February 1955

Scorer(s) | Tommy Thompson | 38' | 52' |

Assist(s) | Stan Lynn | 38' | Johnny Dixon | 52' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Not Recorded

Substitutes

Unused Substitutes

Match Timeline

🥅 | 18' Goal, 0-1, (Doncaster Rovers), Tindill
⚽ | 38' Goal, 1-1, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Stan Lynn
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Doncaster Rovers
⚽ | 52' Goal, 2-1, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🥅 | 62' Goal, 2-2, (Doncaster Rovers), Mooney
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Doncaster Rovers

On This Day

  • Eric Houghton's Villa make it eight unbeaten but can only manage to draw once again with second division side Doncaster in the fourth round replay of the FA Cup.

🟨 29 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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Game #2328

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, -1962
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #29 |
Manager Game | #68 |
Saturday, 29 January 1955

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 | 🚑 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Hardwick
Makepeace
Graham
Gavin
Williams
Herbert
Mooney
Jeffrey
Tindall
McMorran
Walker

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🚑 | 40' Player retired from field of play with injury, Con Martin
🕒 | HT Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
🚑 | 40' Player returned to field of play with injury, Con Martin, broken nose
🕒 | FT Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Centre back Con Martin breaks his nose just before half time but plays the whole second half and a key role in Villa setting up a replay against second division Doncaster in the fourth round of the FA Cup/

  • Eric Houghton's Villa make it seven unbeaten

🟨 30 Jan 1937, Villa 1-1 Doncaster, Villa Park

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Game #1828

Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-1939
Referee: R. K. Warburton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Season | 1936-37 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #15 |
Saturday, 30 January 1937

Scorer(s) | Charlie Phillips | 68' |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Bill Cobley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tom Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Charlie Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W John Maund | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Bradshaw
Shaw
Jacobson
Gladwin
Hall
C. Smith
Burton
R. Smith
Perry
Dutton
Johnston

Substitutes

Unused Substitutes

Match Timeline

🥅 | 22' Goal, 0-1, (Doncaster Rovers), Perry
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Doncaster Rovers
⚽ | 68' Goal, 1-1, Charlie Phillips
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Doncaster Rovers

On This Day

  • Villa recover from a first League defeat in five but are held at home by Doncaster as Charlie Phillips scores his first of the season,

  • Villa recover from a first League defeat in five but are held at home by Doncaster to leave them with just five wins in their last twenty one second tier games and an overall record of nine wins, eleven draws and seven defeats in twenty seven division two matches. 

  • Jimmy McMullan had recorded five wins, five draws and three defeats in his thirteen division two matches in charge and his successor Jimmy Hogan had now delivered four wins, six draws and four defeats in his fourteen game spell.

🟥 26 Sep 1936, Villa 0-1 Doncaster, Belle Vue

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Game #1808

Manager | Jimmy McMullan |
FT Score | 0-1 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WWWLL |

Season | 1936-37 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #94 |
Saturday, 26 September 1936

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Fred Biddlestone |
FB George Beeson |
FB George Cummings |
M Tommy Gardner |
M Alex Massie |
M Tom Griffiths |
W Eric Houghton |
CF Frank Broome |
F Dai Astley |
F Gordon Hodgson |
F Ronnie Dix |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

Unused Substitutes

Match Timeline

On This Day

  • Villa face Doncaster Rovers for the first time in competitive football, Rovers become the 80th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Villa fail to score and lose for the second successive game in their first ever match against Doncaster.

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