FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

1956-57 🕒 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #450 |

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Previous Player	Next Player
CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #449 \|	W Les Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #451 \|

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Roy Thomas Pritchard

Personal Profile

Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country	Citizenship	Height	Foot
9 May 1925	Dawley, Telford, Shropshire	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Personal

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Previous Clubs

Dawley Council School

1941-55 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Football League First Division
🕒 202 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

Transfer In

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Transfer In

Season	Joined Date	Aged	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1954-55	February 1955	29	Free	Wolverhampton Wanderers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿		Eric Houghton

Career

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Villa Career

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1956-57 | Free |
Football League First Division |
🕒 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #450 |

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Played Under

Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1956-57

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Career Summary

🗓️	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
3	3	3	0	0								0	0	-	-	0

Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Competition Record

🕒 League	🕒 FA Cup	🕒 League Cup	🕒 Europe	🕒 European Cup

⚽ League	⚽ FA Cup	⚽ League Cup	⚽ Europe	⚽ European Cup
0	0	0	0	0

🔥 League	🔥 FA Cup	🔥 League Cup	🔥 Europe	🔥 European Cup
0	0	0	0	0

League Gi	FA Cup Gi	League Cup Gi	Europe Gi	European Cup Gi
0	0	0	0	0

League GPG	FA Cup GPG	League Cup GPG	Europe GPG	European Cup GPG
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

League GPGi	FA Cup GPGi	League Cup GPGi	Europe GPGi	European Cup GPGi
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Seasons

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Season by Season Record

🗓️	🎂	〽️	🏆	🕒	✅	🔁	🇺	PPG	🟩	🟩 %	🟨	🟨 %	🟥	🟥 %	⚽	🔥	Yellow	Red	GI	GPG	GPGi
1955-56	30	D1		1	1	0	0								0	-	-	-	0

1956-57

1957-58

Seasons 🗓️, Age 🎂, League 〽️, Position 🏆, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Goalkeeping Record

🗓️	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔ %

1955-56

1956-57

1957-58

Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Clean Sheets ⛔

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Debuts & Dates

Season	First Squad	Manager
1955-56	11 February 1956	Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Season	Debut	Aged	Manager
1955-56	11 February 1956	30	Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Game #	First Goal	Scorer(s)

Season	Final Game	Aged	Manager
1957-58	12 October 1957	32	Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Season	Final Squad	Manager
1957-58	12 October 1957	Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Debut

Loans

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Transfer Out

Season	Date	Aged	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1957-58	November 1957	32	Free	Notts County 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿		Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Subsequent Clubs

1957-58 Notts County
Football League Second Division,
🕒 18 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1958-60 Port Vale
Football League Fourth Division, Third Division,
🕒 24 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1960 Wellington Town
Southern League Premier Division

Retired

Quotes

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Quotes

Biography

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Biography

Player #450 for Aston Villa, Roy Pritchard, played as a full back for the club.

Roy played for Villa between 1955-56 and 1957-58 making 3 appearances.

Roy was born in Dawley, Shropshire on 9 May 1925 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 11 February 1956 aged 30.

Villa had signed Roy from Wolverhampton Wanderers in February 1955.

Roy made a single league appearance in each of his 3 season with Villa but would not appear in the FA Cup for the club.

Roy had played his Villa career under manager Eric Houghton and his final game came on Saturday, 12 October 1957 aged 32 before he moved on to Notts County.

Roy passed away in Willenhall in January 1993 aged 63.

Died

1 January 1993, Aged 67

Appearances

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Appearances

3

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #2380	🟨 11 Feb 1956, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park	GK Keith Jones \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| FB Roy Pritchard \| FB Stan Lynn \| M Vic Crowe \| M Bill Baxter \| W Les Smith \| F Johnny Dixon \| F Jackie Sewell \| F Peter McParland \| CF Derek Pace \|
Game #2439	🟥 15 Apr 1957, Villa 1-2 Burnley, Turf Moor	GK Mike Pinner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Roy Pritchard \| FB Dennis Jackson \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| M Trevor Birch \| M Pat Saward \| W Tommy Southren \| F Roy Chapman \| CF Derek Pace \| F Jackie Sewell \| CF Peter McParland \|
Game #2457	🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Roy Pritchard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| M Jackie Hinchliffe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Billy Myerscough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Roy Chapman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \|

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Starts

3

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #2380	🟨 11 Feb 1956, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park	GK Keith Jones \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| FB Roy Pritchard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Bill Baxter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| W Les Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| F Johnny Dixon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| CF Derek Pace \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \|
Game #2439	🟥 15 Apr 1957, Villa 1-2 Burnley, Turf Moor	GK Mike Pinner \| FB Roy Pritchard \| FB Dennis Jackson \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| M Trevor Birch \| M Pat Saward \| W Tommy Southren \| F Roy Chapman \| CF Derek Pace \| F Jackie Sewell \| CF Peter McParland \|
Game #2457	🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Roy Pritchard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| M Jackie Hinchliffe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \| F Billy Myerscough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| F Roy Chapman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| ⚽ \|

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Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

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International

International Record

International Career	Caps with Villa

FA	Caps with Villa	Scorers

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FA	International Goals with Villa	Scorers

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Matches

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Matches

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

🟨 11 Feb 1956, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

Game #2380

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: W. J. Gaiger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wilmslow
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #120 |
Saturday, 11 February 1956

Full Match Report

Division One

Scorer(s) | Johnny Dixon | 19' |

Assist(s) | Derek Pace | 19' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

Kelsey, Charlton, Dodgin, Evans, Bowen, Groves (g), Bloomfield, Tiddy, Goring, Herd, Clapton.

Manager: Tom Whittaker.

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Eric Houghton's Villa end a run of three heavy defeats to draw with their FA Cup conquerers and make it five wins, ten draws and fourteen defeats in twenty nine games this season.
Meanwhile, Villa handed debuts to full back Roy Pritchard after moving from Wolverhampton Wanderers in February 1955, winger Les Smith following his move from Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier this month and centre back Jimmy Dugdale after moving from West Bromwich Albion in January 1956.

FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

🟥 15 Apr 1957, Villa 1-2 Burnley, Turf Moor