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Game #2320

Aston Villa

6-4-11, 16 PTS

Saturday, 11 December 1954

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Lost

17th=

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Chelsea

9-7-6, 25 PTS

Stamford Bridge

Attendance: 36,162

🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

Chelsea

4-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 11 December 1954

🟢 | 1' Debut, Trevor Birch
🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Parsons
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 0-2, (Chelsea), McNichol
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 0-3, (Chelsea), McNichol
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 0-4, (Chelsea), Bentley
🕒 | FT Chelsea 4-0 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

🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 11 December 1954
  • Eric Houghton's Villa lose for the fifth time in six to make it six wins, four draws and eleven defeats after twenty one division one matches. 

  • Meanwhile, midfielder Trevor Birch made his Villa debut after joining from school football.

🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Trevor Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #442 | Youth team promotion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

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 🥅

🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #60 |
Saturday, 11 December 1954

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🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: C. Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1953-1955
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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

🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: C. Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1953-1955

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

🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Frank Moss, Vic Crowe and Trevor Birch (debut) replace Con Martin, Danny Blanchflower and Bill Baxter.

Not recorded

Referee

🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Trevor Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Eddie Follan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ted Drake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Chelsea

Robertson, Willemse, Saunders, Harris, Greenwood, Armstrong, Blunstone, Parsons (g), McNichol (g) (g), Stubbs, Bentley (g).

Manager: Ted Drake.

Line Ups

🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 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

🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 3 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH VIDEO
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