Game #2330
Aston Villa
9-6-12, 24 PTS
Saturday, 5 February 1955
Lost
17th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
Division One
Charlton Athletic
14-4-9, 32 PTS
The Valley
Attendance: 23,988
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
Charlton Athletic
6-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 February 1955
🟢 | 1' Debut, Nobby Clarke
🥅 | 2' Goal, 0-1, (Charlton Athletic), Firmani
🥅 | 4' Goal, 0-2, (Charlton Athletic), Firmani
🥅 | 33' Goal, 0-3, (Charlton Athletic), Firmani
⚽ | 42' Goal, 1-3, Colin Gibson
🕒 | HT Charlton Athletic 3-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 62' Goal, 1-4, (Charlton Athletic), Firmani
🥅 | 79' Goal, 1-5, (Charlton Athletic), Kiernan
🥅 | 83' Goal, 1-6, (Charlton Athletic, pen), Firmani
🕒 | FT Charlton Athletic 6-1 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 5 February 1955
Injury ravaged Villa make 7 changes including the entire front line and come a cropper at the Valley.
Eric Houghton's Villa end a run of eight games unbeaten with a hammering at the hands of Charlton to make it nine wins, six draws and twelve defeats after twenty seven division one matches.
Meanwhile, centre back Frank Moss made his final appearance for Villa. Frank played for Villa between 1938-39 and 1954-55 making 314 appearances and scoring 3 goals.
Whilst, Norman Clarke made his one and only appearance for Villa after moving from Mansfield Town in January 1955. Clarke would move on to Crystal Palace in July 1955.
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Nobby Clarke | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
🔴 M Nobby Clarke | 🏴 |
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Charlton Athletic
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1946-47
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #70 |
Saturday, 5 February 1955
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🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: G. F. J. Sawyer | 🏴 | Weston-super-Mare
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-6
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MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 70 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 18 🟥 28 | 1.29
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: G. F. J. Sawyer | 🏴 | Weston-super-Mare
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
None
None
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Norman Clarke (debut), Vic Crowe, Colin Gibson and Derek Pace replace Bill Baxter, Amos Moss, Tommy Southren and Tommy Thompson.
Not recorded
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 | 🔴 |
M Nobby Clarke | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Jimmy Seed | 🏴 |
Charlton Athletic
Bartram, Townsend, Campbell, Fenton, Pembery, Ufton, Firmani (g) (g) (g) (g) (g), Hurst, Ayre, Leary, Kiernan (g),
Manager: Jimmy Seed.
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 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
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
UNAVAILABLE
7 Changes due to injury
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley
MATCH REPORTS
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🟥 5 Feb 1955, Villa 1-6 Charlton, The Valley