Game #2330
Aston Villa
9-6-12, 24 PTS
Saturday, 5 February 1955


Lost
17th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
Division One
Charlton Athletic
14-4-9, 32 PTS
The Valley
Attendance: 23,988
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
Charlton Athletic
6-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 February 1955
🟢 | 1' Debut, Nobby Clarke
🥅 | 2' Goal, 0-1, (Charlton Athletic), Firmani
🥅 | 4' Goal, 0-2, (Charlton Athletic), Firmani
🥅 | 33' Goal, 0-3, (Charlton Athletic), Firmani
⚽ | 42' Goal, 1-3, Colin Gibson
🕒 | HT Charlton Athletic 3-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 62' Goal, 1-4, (Charlton Athletic), Firmani
🥅 | 79' Goal, 1-5, (Charlton Athletic), Kiernan
🥅 | 83' Goal, 1-6, (Charlton Athletic, pen), Firmani
🕒 | FT Charlton Athletic 6-1 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
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 5 February 1955
Injury ravaged Villa make 7 changes including the entire front line and come a cropper at the Valley.
Eric Houghton's Villa end a run of eight games unbeaten with a hammering at the hands of Charlton to make it nine wins, six draws and twelve defeats after twenty seven division one matches.
Meanwhile, centre back Frank Moss made his final appearance for Villa. Frank played for Villa between 1938-39 and 1954-55 making 314 appearances and scoring 3 goals.
Whilst, Norman Clarke made his one and only appearance for Villa after moving from Mansfield Town in January 1955. Clarke would move on to Crystal Palace in July 1955.
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Nobby Clarke | 🏴 | #444 | Youth team promotion
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 CB Frank Moss | 🏴 | 1938-55 🕒 314 | ✅ 314 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 - | #385 |
🔴 M Nobby Clarke | 🏴 | 1955 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 - | #444 |
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Charlton Athletic


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1946-47
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #70 |
Saturday, 5 February 1955
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🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: George Sawyer | 🏴 | Weston-super-Mare, 1951-1955
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-6
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: George Sawyer | 🏴 | Weston-super-Mare, 1951-1955
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
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Norman Clarke (debut), Vic Crowe, Colin Gibson and Derek Pace replace Bill Baxter, Amos Moss, Tommy Southren and Tommy Thompson.
Not recorded
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958

Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 | 🔴 |
M Nobby Clarke | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Jimmy Seed | 🏴 |

Charlton Athletic
Bartram, Townsend, Campbell, Fenton, Pembery, Ufton, Firmani (g) (g) (g) (g) (g), Hurst, Ayre, Leary, Kiernan (g),
Manager: Jimmy Seed.
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
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

🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 5 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley


MATCH REPORTS









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🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley

