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Game #2336

Aston Villa

Saturday, 5 March 1955

Aston Villa

3-2

Chelsea

Division One

Chelsea

Villa Park

Attendance: 24,467

Won

WDLWW

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

KEY MAN

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

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MATCH TIMELINE

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

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Chelsea

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

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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 |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 76 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 20 🟥 29 | 1.33

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

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TEAM NEWS

Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 |

MANAGER

Ted Drake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Chelsea

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

Manager: Ted Drake.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED

Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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