Game #2330
Aston Villa
Saturday, 5 February 1955
Lost
WWDDL
Division One
Attendance: 23,988
Charlton Athletic
The Valley
Charlton Athletic
6-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Colin Gibson, scored but Villa suffer their heaviest defeat of the season to date, Saturday, 5 February 1955.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 February 1955
ON THIS DAY
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.
Aston Villa
Charlton Athletic
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1946-47
FIXTURE HISTORY
Charlton Athletic
Previous 5 vs. Charlton: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #70 |
Saturday, 5 February 1955
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-6 |
Last 5 Games | WWDDL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 70 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 18 🟥 28 | 1.29
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
Charlton Athletic
TEAM NEWS
Norman Clarke (debut), Vic Crowe, Colin Gibson and Derek Pace replace Bill Baxter, Amos Moss, Tommy Southren and Tommy Thompson.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Frank Moss |
M Norman Clarke |
M Vic Crowe |
W Norman Lockhart |
W Colin Gibson |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Peter McParland |
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.
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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