Game #2378
Aston Villa
Saturday, 21 January 1956
Lost
WDWLL
Division One
Chelsea
Villa Park
Attendance: 22,059
🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-4
Chelsea
Assist(s) | None
🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 January 1956
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 21 January 1956
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Chelsea
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55
Aston Villa
Chelsea
🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #118 |
Saturday, 21 January 1956
🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-4 |
Last 5 Games | WDWLL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 118 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 31 🟥 46 | 1.31
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
George Ashfield (debut), Ray Hogg and Tommy Southren replace Con Martin, Amos Moss and Ken Roberts.
Not recorded
🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
CB George Ashfield |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
FB Ray Hogg |
M Vic Crowe |
W Norman Lockhart |
W Tommy Southren |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Peter McParland |
MANAGER
Ted Drake | 🏴 |
Chelsea
Robertson, Sillett, Wicks, Willemse, Saunders, Dicks, Blunstone (g), Parsons (g), McNichol, Tindall, Stubbs (g) (g).
Manager: Ted Drake.
🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 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
🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
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GK Keith Jones | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
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UNUSED
Unused | |
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🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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