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Game #1929

Saturday, 25 March 1939

Attendance: 31,225

Lost

Division One

Chelsea

DWDWL

Stamford Bridge

Freddie Haycock's goal isn't enough to prevent Villa's first defeat in nine and only their fifth in their last twenty top flight games.

Chelsea

2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Freddie Haycock's goal isn't enough to prevent Villa's first defeat in nine and only their fifth in their last twenty top flight games.

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

ON THIS DAY

Villa's eight game unbeaten run comes to an end as they lost for the first time in nine and only the fifth time in their last twenty top flight matches to make it fifteen wins, seven draws and twelve defeats in thirty four division one games so far this season.

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Fred Biddlestone made the last of his 160 appearances for Villa across ten seasons aged 34 before moving on to Mansfield Town in August 1939.

Aston Villa

Chelsea

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1938-39 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #116 |
Saturday, 25 March 1939

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Jimmy Hogan |
FT Score | 1-2 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | DWDWL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Chelsea

TEAM NEWS

Fred Biddlestone replaces Joe Rutherford.

TEAM STATS

MANAGER

Jimmy Hogan

MANAGER

Aston Villa

GK Fred Biddlestone |
FB George Cummings |
RB Ernie Callaghan |
CB Jimmy Allen |
M Alex Massie |
W Eric Houghton |
F Jackie Martin |
F Bob Iverson |
F Freddie Haycock |
CF Frank O’Donnell |
CF Frank Broome |

Chelsea

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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