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Game #2378

Aston Villa

5-9-14, 19 PTS

Saturday, 21 January 1956

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Lost

21st

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Chelsea

11-7-9, 29 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 22,059

🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-4

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Chelsea

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🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 21 January 1956

⚽ | 15' Goal, 1-0, Stan Lynn, pen
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 1-1, (Chelsea), Stubbs
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Chelsea
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 1-2, (Chelsea), Blunstone
🥅 | 62’ Goal, 1-3, (Chelsea), Parsons
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 1-4, (Chelsea), Stubbs
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-4 Chelsea

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

🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 21 January 1956

  • Disgraceful first half scenes see Chelsea players surround the referee following his award of a legitimate penalty to Villa. Stan Lynn scores to give Villa a deserved lead but despite all the chances having accrued to Villa, Chelsea equalise and the teams go in all square at the interval.

  • Despite Villa having more than their fair share of the game in the second half, Chelsea score 3 from their limited chances to record a first win at Villa Park in 22 years.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa make it consecutive losses, conceding ten and scoring one to record five wins, nine draws and fourteen defeats in twenty eight games this season. 

  • Meanwhile, centre back George Ashfield made his Villa debut after moving from Stockport County in March 1954.

🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 | Youth team promotion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Chelsea

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55

FIXTURE HISTORY

Chelsea

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Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #118 |
Saturday, 21 January 1956

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🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: J. S. McLoughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

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Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: J. S. McLoughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, -1961

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

George Ashfield (debut), Ray Hogg and Tommy Southren replace Con Martin, Amos Moss and Ken Roberts.

Not recorded

Referee

🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
FB Ray Hogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ted Drake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Chelsea

Robertson, Sillett, Wicks, Willemse, Saunders, Dicks, Blunstone (g), Parsons (g), McNichol, Tindall, Stubbs (g) (g).

Manager: Ted Drake.

Line Ups

🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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