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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.

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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

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PROGRAMME

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