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1954-55

First Division

Finished 6th of 22 · P42 W20 D7 L15 · 72 scored, 73 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
21 Aug 1954	H	Tottenham Hotspur	2–4	L
23 Aug 1954	H	Sunderland	2–2	D
28 Aug 1954	A	Sheffield Wednesday	3–6	L
1 Sept 1954	A	Sunderland	0–0	D
4 Sept 1954	H	Portsmouth	1–0	W
8 Sept 1954	A	Newcastle United	3–5	L
11 Sept 1954	A	Blackpool	1–0	W
13 Sept 1954	H	Newcastle United	1–2	L
18 Sept 1954	H	Charlton Athletic	1–2	L
25 Sept 1954	A	Bolton Wanderers	3–3	D
2 Oct 1954	H	Huddersfield Town	0–0	D
9 Oct 1954	H	Everton	0–2	L
16 Oct 1954	A	Manchester City	4–2	W
23 Oct 1954	H	Arsenal	2–1	W
30 Oct 1954	A	West Bromwich Albion	3–2	W
6 Nov 1954	H	Leicester City	2–5	L
13 Nov 1954	A	Burnley	0–2	L
20 Nov 1954	H	Preston North End	1–3	L
27 Nov 1954	A	Sheffield United	3–1	W
4 Dec 1954	H	Cardiff City	0–2	L
11 Dec 1954	A	Chelsea	0–4	L
18 Dec 1954	A	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	D
27 Dec 1954	A	Manchester United	1–0	W
28 Dec 1954	H	Manchester United	2–1	W
1 Jan 1955	H	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	D
22 Jan 1955	H	Blackpool	3–1	W
5 Feb 1955	A	Charlton Athletic	1–6	L
12 Feb 1955	H	Bolton Wanderers	3–0	W
23 Feb 1955	A	Huddersfield Town	2–1	W
5 Mar 1955	H	Chelsea	3–2	W
12 Mar 1955	A	Arsenal	0–2	L
19 Mar 1955	H	West Bromwich Albion	3–0	W
26 Mar 1955	A	Leicester City	2–4	L
2 Apr 1955	H	Burnley	3–1	W
9 Apr 1955	A	Cardiff City	1–0	W
11 Apr 1955	A	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	L
12 Apr 1955	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–2	W
16 Apr 1955	H	Sheffield United	3–1	W
23 Apr 1955	A	Preston North End	3–0	W
27 Apr 1955	A	Portsmouth	2–2	D
30 Apr 1955	H	Manchester City	2–0	W
4 May 1955	A	Everton	1–0	W

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Chelsea	42	20	12	10	81	57	+24	52
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	19	10	13	89	70	+19	48
3	Portsmouth	42	18	12	12	74	62	+12	48
4	Sunderland	42	15	18	9	64	54	+10	48
5	Manchester United	42	20	7	15	84	74	+10	47
6	Aston Villa	42	20	7	15	72	73	-1	47
7	Manchester City	42	18	10	14	76	69	+7	46
8	Newcastle United	42	17	9	16	89	77	+12	43
9	Arsenal	42	17	9	16	69	63	+6	43
10	Burnley	42	17	9	16	51	48	+3	43
11	Everton	42	16	10	16	62	68	-6	42
12	Huddersfield Town	42	14	13	15	63	68	-5	41
13	Sheffield United	42	17	7	18	70	86	-16	41
14	Preston North End	42	16	8	18	83	64	+19	40
15	Charlton Athletic	42	15	10	17	76	75	+1	40
16	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	8	18	72	73	-1	40
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	8	18	76	96	-20	40
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	13	16	62	69	-7	39
19	Blackpool	42	14	10	18	60	64	-4	38
20	Cardiff City	42	13	11	18	62	76	-14	37
21	Leicester City	42	12	11	19	74	86	-12	35
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42	8	10	24	63	100	-37	26

Positions decided on goal average, as the rules of the day had it. Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.