1955–56 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1955–56 season
Manager	Eric Houghton
First Division	20th
FA Cup	Fourth round

The 1955–56 English football season was Aston Villa's 57th season in The Football League. Villa played in the First Division, the top-tier of English football.

Both matches in the Second City Derby were drawn,^[1] 0–0 at home,^[2] 2–2 away.^[3]

There were debut appearances for Nigel Sims (264), Jimmy Dugdale (215), Pat Saward (152), Jackie Sewell (123), Les J Smith (115), Dave Hickson (12), George Ashfield (9), and Roy Pritchard (3).^[4]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
18	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	7	20	61	71	0.859	37
19	Preston North End	42	14	8	20	73	72	1.014	36
20	Aston Villa	42	11	13	18	52	69	0.754	35
21	Huddersfield Town (R)	42	14	7	21	54	83	0.651	35	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Sheffield United (R)	42	12	9	21	63	77	0.818	33	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Notes	Scorers
20 Aug 1955	Manchester City	A	2–2	—	Johnny Dixon (4', 16')
24 Aug 1955	Sunderland	A	1–5	—	Johnny Dixon (63')
27 Aug 1955	Cardiff City	H	2–0	—	Johnny Dixon (10'), Peter McParland (78')
29 Aug 1955	Sunderland	H	1–4	—	Norman Lockhart (73')
3 Sep 1955	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	—	Peter McParland (1')
5 Sep 1955	Birmingham City	H	0–0	—	—
10 Sep 1955	Blackpool	H	1–1	—	Own goal (11')
17 Sep 1955	Chelsea	A	0–0	—	—
21 Sep 1955	Birmingham City	A	2–2	—	Own goal (44'), Bill Baxter (69')
24 Sep 1955	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–2	—	—
1 Oct 1955	Arsenal	A	0–1	—	—
8 Oct 1955	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	—	—
15 Oct 1955	Manchester United	H	4–4	—	Johnny Dixon (16', 23'), Dave Hickson (60'), Pat Saward (64')
22 Oct 1955	Everton	A	1–2	—	Johnny Dixon (66')
29 Oct 1955	Newcastle United	H	3–0	—	Johnny Dixon (1'), Vic Crowe (48'), Norman Lockhart (78')
5 Nov 1955	Burnley	A	0–2	—	—
12 Nov 1955	Luton Town	H	1–0	—	Johnny Dixon (70')
19 Nov 1955	Charlton Athletic	A	1–3	—	Norman Lockhart (4')
26 Nov 1955	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–2	—	—
3 Dec 1955	Sheffield United	A	2–2	—	Jackie Sewell (36'), Derek Pace (62')
10 Dec 1955	Preston North End	H	3–2	—	Bill Baxter (2'), Amos Moss (32'), Norman Lockhart (52')
17 Dec 1955	Manchester City	H	0–3	—	—
24 Dec 1955	Cardiff City	A	0–1	—	—
26 Dec 1955	Portsmouth	H	1–3	—	Johnny Dixon (38')
27 Dec 1955	Portsmouth	A	2–2	—	Peter McParland (53'), Jackie Sewell (79')
31 Dec 1955	Huddersfield Town	H	3–0	—	Johnny Dixon (3', 6'), Stan Lynn (64')
14 Jan 1956	Blackpool	A	0–6	—	—
21 Jan 1956	Chelsea	H	1–4	—	Stan Lynn (15')
11 Feb 1956	Arsenal	H	1–1	—	Johnny Dixon (19')
18 Feb 1956	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1	—	—
25 Feb 1956	Manchester United	A	0–1	—	—
3 Mar 1956	Charlton Athletic	H	1–1	—	Derek Pace (81')
10 Mar 1956	Newcastle United	A	3–2	—	Peter McParland (13'), Derek Pace (37'), Johnny Dixon (70')
19 Mar 1956	Burnley	H	2–0	Nigel Sims (264) debut	Johnny Dixon 11, Les Smith 32
24 Mar 1956	Luton Town	A	1–2	—	Tommy Southren (33')
31 Mar 1956	Everton	H	2–0	—	Derek Pace (44'), Johnny Dixon (84')
2 Apr 1956	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0	—	—
3 Apr 1956	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0	—	—
7 Apr 1956	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3–4	—	Les Smith (18'), Derek Pace (52'), Jimmy Dugdale (64')
14 Apr 1956	Sheffield United	H	3–2	—	Derek Pace (1', 34', 40')
21 Apr 1956	Preston North End	A	1–0	—	Derek Pace (73')
28 Apr 1956	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–0	—	Les Smith (12', 27'), Own goal (39')

FA Cup

References

^ "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History.
^ "Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City, 1955-56 Division One, 5 Sep 1955". AVFC History.
^ "Birmingham City 2-2 Aston Villa, 1955-56 Division One, 21 Sep 1955". AVFC History.
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

[1] "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History.

[2] "Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City, 1955-56 Division One, 5 Sep 1955". AVFC History.

[3] "Birmingham City 2-2 Aston Villa, 1955-56 Division One, 21 Sep 1955". AVFC History.

[4] "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

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Aston Villa F.C. seasons
1870s	1870–71 1871–72 1872–73 1873–74 1874–75 1875–76 1876–77 1877–78 1878–79 1879–80
1880s	1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90
1890s	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900
1900s	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10
1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20
1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

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Matches

FA Cup

See also

References