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Game #2336

Aston Villa

Saturday, 5 March 1955

Won

WDLWW

Division One

Attendance: 24,467

Chelsea

Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-2

Chelsea

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Davy Walsh, scored a brace to help Villa to a third successive League win, Saturday, 5 March 1955.

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Saturday, 5 March 1955

ON THIS DAY

Eric Houghton's Villa record a third successive League victory to make it twelve wins, six draws and twelve defeats after thirty division one matches.

Aston Villa

Chelsea

FIXTURE HISTORY

Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #76 |
Saturday, 5 March 1955

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 3-2 |
Last 5 Games | WDLWW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Chelsea

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TEAM NEWS

Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

MANAGER

Eric Houghton

Aston Villa

GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Con Martin |
M Bill Baxter |
M Vic Crowe |
W Tommy Southren |
W Colin Gibson |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Peter McParland |
CF Davy Walsh |

Chelsea

Thomson, Wicks, Willemse, Saunders, Sillett, Armstrong, Parsons (g), McNichol (g), Stubbs, Lewis, Bentley.

Manager: Ted Drake.

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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