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Game #1062

Aston Villa

14-5-14, 33 PTS

Friday, 2 April 1920

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Lost

10th=

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Chelsea

19-4-12, 42 PTS

Stamford Bridge

Attendance: 70,000

🟥 2 Apr 1920, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

Chelsea

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Clem Stephenson | 1-0 |

🟥 2 Apr 1920, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH TIMELINE
Friday, 2 April 1920

🚑 | 5' Player retires from field of play with injury, Harold Edgley
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Billy Kirton, Assist by Clem Stephenson
🕒 | HT Chelsea 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 1-1, (Chelsea), McNeill
🥅 | Goal, 1-2, (Chelsea), Cock
🕒 | FT Chelsea 2-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 2 Apr 1920, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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ON THIS DAY
Friday, 2 April 1920
  • Billy Kirton scores but Villa lose a fourth consecutive League game for the first time since September.

  • Villa lose against the team they had beaten in the FA Cup semi final a week previously.

  • Before this unexpected run Villa had lost just three of their previous 24 games, winning 14.

  • The game however is overshadowed by an early tackle on Harold Edgley that breaks his leg and ends his Villa career.

  • Villa make it fourteen wins, five draws and fourteen defeats in their thirty three division one games this season.

  • Winger Harold Edgley makes his final Villa appearance aged 28 before moving on to QPR in August 1920. Edgley had played for Villa between 1911-12 and 1919-20 making 85 appearances and scoring 17 goals.

🟥 2 Apr 1920, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 W Harold Edgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1911-20 🕒 86 | ✅ 86 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 19 | 🔥 19 | 🇺 - | #226 |

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

Chelsea

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Chelsea
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Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 2 Apr 1920, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1919-20 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #1036 |
Friday, 2 April 1920

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🟥 2 Apr 1920, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Arthur Pellowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oldham
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 1036 | 🟩 531 🟨 190 🟥 315 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 2 Apr 1920, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Pellowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oldham, 1910-

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 2 Apr 1920, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Jack Hampson, Dicky York, Harry Nash and Andy Young replace Frank Barson, Frank Moss, Charlie Wallace and Billy Walker.

Not recorded

Referee

🟥 2 Apr 1920, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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Aston Villa

GK Sam Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Ducat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Hampson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harold Edgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | ❌ | 🔴 |
F Harry Nash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

David Calderhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Chelsea

Molyneux
Bettridge
Harrow
Wilding
Logan
Dickie
Ford
Sharp
Cock
Sharp
McNeill

Line Ups

🟥 2 Apr 1920, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 2 Apr 1920, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟥 2 Apr 1920, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟥 2 Apr 1920, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 2 Apr 1920, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 6 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Harrop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Barson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 2 Apr 1920, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 2 Apr 1920, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH REPORTS

Reports

🟥 2 Apr 1920, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH VIDEO
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