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Game #2497

Saturday, 13 September 1958

Attendance: 44,023

Lost

Division One

21st (-)

Chelsea

LLLLL

Stamford Bridge

Chelsea

2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Wally Hazelden, scored for the first time this season but Villa lose a fifth consecutive game for the first time since March 1951, Saturday, 13 September 1958.

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ON THIS DAY

Eric Houghton's Villa suffer a fifth successive defeat for the first time since March 1951 and have now shipped twenty goals in five games. As a result Villa make it one win, one draw and five defeats in seven division one games so far this season, scoring twelve and conceding twenty three with an unexpected season of struggle looking inevitable.

Aston Villa

Chelsea

FIXTURE HISTORY

Chelsea

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #237 |
Saturday, 13 September 1958

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-2 |
Last 5 Games | LLLLL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Chelsea

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

Despite four consecutive defeats, Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.72 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 34.78 |

Youngest Player |
F Wally Hazelden | 17.59 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Eric Houghton

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims |
FB John Sharples |
FB Stan Lynn |
FB Gordon Lee |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
M Pat Saward |
W Les Smith |
F Gerry Hitchens |
F Peter McParland |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Wally Hazelden |

Chelsea

Robertson, Sillett J, Sillett P (g), Tindall, Mortimore, Scott, Saunders, Block, Brabrook, Greaves (g), Nicholas. 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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