Game #2208
Aston Villa
19-9-13, 47 PTS
Thursday, 24 April 1952


Won
6th
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Charlton Athletic
17-9-15, 43 PTS
The Valley
Attendance: 15,544
🟩 24 Apr 1952, Villa 1-0 Charlton, The Valley
Charlton Athletic
0-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Danny Blanchflower | 89' |
🟩 24 Apr 1952, Villa 1-0 Charlton, The Valley


MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 24 April 1952
🕒 | HT Charlton Athletic 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 89' Goal, 1-0, Herbert Smith, Assist by Danny Blanchflower
🕒 | FT Charlton Athletic 0-1 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 24 Apr 1952, Villa 1-0 Charlton, The Valley

ON THIS DAY
Thursday, 24 April 1952
Villa leave it late to record their third successive win as Herbert Smith hits the winner in the 89th minute.
Villa keep their second successive clean sheet having not kept the opposition out in their previous nine.
It's Villa's first consecutive clean sheets since September when they kept three in a row against Arsenal, Huddersfield and Blackpool
Villa make it nineteen wins, nine draws and thirteen defeats in forty one division one games in 1951-52 with one game left to play.
Villa climb to outright 6th in the table with 9th placed Newcastle up next, with a fourth successive Villa could move to joint 4th in the final league positions.
🟩 24 Apr 1952, Villa 1-0 Charlton, The Valley

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Charlton Athletic


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1946-47
🟩 24 Apr 1952, Villa 1-0 Charlton, The Valley
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1951-52 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #64 |
Thursday, 24 April 1952
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🟩 24 Apr 1952, Villa 1-0 Charlton, The Valley
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: George Martin | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

George Martin | 🏴 | 1950-1953
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 24 Apr 1952, Villa 1-0 Charlton, The Valley

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
REFEREE PROFILE
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 24 Apr 1952, Villa 1-0 Charlton, The Valley

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Herbert Smith replaces Davy Walsh.
Not recorded
🟩 24 Apr 1952, Villa 1-0 Charlton, The Valley
MANAGER
George Martin | 🏴 | 1950-1953

Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴 |
W Herbert Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
F Ken Roberts | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Jimmy Seed | 🏴 |

Charlton Athletic
Bartram, Hewie, Lock, Fenton, Johnson, Hammond, Ufton, Vaughan, Hurst, Kiernan, Evans.
Manager: Jimmy Seed.
🟩 24 Apr 1952, Villa 1-0 Charlton, The Valley
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 24 Apr 1952, Villa 1-0 Charlton, The Valley
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period
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

🟩 24 Apr 1952, Villa 1-0 Charlton, The Valley
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 24 Apr 1952, Villa 1-0 Charlton, The Valley
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟩 24 Apr 1952, Villa 1-0 Charlton, The Valley
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 24 Apr 1952, Villa 1-0 Charlton, The Valley
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 24 Apr 1952, Villa 1-0 Charlton, The Valley


MATCH QUOTES
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