1954–55 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961)

Aston Villa played the 1954–55 English football season in the Football League First Division, the top-tier of English football.

Aston Villa

1954–55 season
Manager	Eric Houghton
First Division	6th
FA Cup	Fourth round
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

The FA Cup fourth round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 29 January 1955. Four matches were drawn and went to replays, which were all played in the following midweek match. Once again, there was a tie which went to four replays, this time between Doncaster Rovers and Aston Villa. Rovers finally won the fixture in the fifth match, with an aggregated score of 6–4.

There were debuts for Vic Crowe (350), Tommy Southren (72),^[1] Eddie Follan (36),^[2] Trevor Birch (22), Ray Hogg (21), Mike Pinner (4), Nobby Clarke (1),^[3] and Arthur Proudler (1).^[4][5]

Table

Main article: 1954–55 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
4	Sunderland	42	15	18	9	64	54	1.185	48
5	Manchester United	42	20	7	15	84	74	1.135	47
6	Aston Villa	42	20	7	15	72	73	0.986	47
7	Manchester City	42	18	10	14	76	69	1.101	46
8	Newcastle United	42	17	9	16	89	77	1.156	43

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

See also

• List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics