Game #2320
Aston Villa
6-4-11, 16 PTS
Saturday, 11 December 1954


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

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge


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

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

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


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
FIXTURE DETAILS


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


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: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: C. Curtis | 🏴 | Bristol, 1953-1955
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

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

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Frank Moss, Vic Crowe and Trevor Birch (debut) replace Con Martin, Danny Blanchflower and Bill Baxter.
Not recorded
🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958

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 | 🏴 |

Chelsea
Robertson, Willemse, Saunders, Harris, Greenwood, Armstrong, Blunstone, Parsons (g), McNichol (g) (g), Stubbs, Bentley (g).
Manager: Ted Drake.
🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
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UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 11 Dec 1954, Villa 0-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

Injury | 3 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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


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


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