Game #2275
Saturday, 28 November 1953
Attendance: 30,205
Won
Division One
Charlton Athletic
DLWLW
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1
Charlton Athletic
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Tommy Thompson, scored his fifth in four games as Villa win for the second time in three, Saturday, 28 November 1953.
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa win for the second time in three to make it nine wins, one draw and nine defeats in nineteen division one games so far this season.
Meanwhile, midfielder Bill Baxter made his Villa debut after moving from Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier this month.
Aston Villa
Charlton Athletic
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1946-47
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Charlton: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #15 |
Saturday, 28 November 1953
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-1 |
Last 5 Games | DLWLW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Charlton Athletic
TEAM NEWS
Ken Jones, Bill Baxter (debut) and Johnny Dixon replace Dennis Parsons, Larry Canning and Norman Lockhart.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Eric Houghton
MANAGER
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Bill Baxter |
W Colin Gibson |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Roy Chapman |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Tommy Thompson |
Charlton Athletic
Bartram, Hewie, Ellis, Fenton, Hammond, Ufton, Hurst, O’Linn, Ayre (g), Kiernan, Firmani.
Manager: Jimmy Seed.
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
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES