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
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
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 |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 76 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 20 🟥 29 | 1.33
Career Form:
Mid Table
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Chelsea
TEAM NEWS
Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Ted Drake | 🏴 |
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
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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