1954β55 season | |
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Manager | Eric Houghton |
First Division | 6th |
FA Cup | Fourth round |
Aston Villa played the 1954β55 English football season in the Football League First Division.
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 6β4.
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]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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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 |