Game #2336
Aston Villa
Saturday, 5 March 1955
Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Chelsea
Villa Park
Attendance: 24,467
🟩 5 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-2
Chelsea
Assist(s) | Tommy Southren | 25' | 34' | 82' |
🟩 5 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 March 1955
⚽ | 25' Goal, 1-0, Davy Walsh, Assist by Tommy Southren
🥅 | 32' Goal, 1-1, (Chelsea), McNichol
⚽ | 34' Goal, 2-1, Davy Walsh, Assist by Tommy Southren
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
🥅 | 64' Goal, 2-2, (Chelsea), Thomson
⚽ | 82' Goal, 3-2, Peter McParland, Assist by Tommy Southren
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Chelsea
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 5 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 5 March 1955
Eric Houghton's Villa record a third successive League victory as Tommy Southren creates three to make it twelve wins, six draws and twelve defeats after thirty division one matches.
🟩 5 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Chelsea
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 5 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #76 |
Saturday, 5 March 1955
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🟩 5 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: C. Curtis | 🏴 | Bristol
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 76 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 20 🟥 29 | 1.33
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
🟩 5 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: C. Curtis | 🏴 | Bristol
🟩 5 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.
Not recorded
🟩 5 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Aston Villa
GK Keith 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 | 🏴 |
Chelsea
Thomson, Wicks, Willemse, Saunders, Sillett, Armstrong, Parsons (g), McNichol (g), Stubbs, Lewis, Bentley.
Manager: Ted Drake.
🟩 5 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 5 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
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 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
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 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 5 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 5 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
F Tommy Thompson | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 5 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 5 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 5 Mar 1955, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park