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Game #2394

Aston Villa

Saturday, 18 August 1956

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Won

LWWWW

Division One

Charlton Athletic

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,372

🟩 18 Aug 1956, Villa 3-1 Charlton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-1

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Charlton Athletic

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🟩 18 Aug 1956, Villa 3-1 Charlton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 18 August 1956

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 18 Aug 1956, Villa 3-1 Charlton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 18 August 1956

Villa open the season with victory over Charlton.

🟩 18 Aug 1956, Villa 3-1 Charlton, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Charlton Athletic

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1946-47

Aston Villa

Charlton Athletic

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Charlton Athletic

Previous 5 vs. Charlton: | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟨 |

Charlton Athletic

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Charlton Athletic

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 18 Aug 1956, Villa 3-1 Charlton, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #134 |
Saturday, 18 August 1956

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🟩 18 Aug 1956, Villa 3-1 Charlton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 3-1 |
Last 5 Games | LWWWW |

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 134 | 🟩 | 48 🟨 35 🟥 51 | 1.34

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

🟩 18 Aug 1956, Villa 3-1 Charlton, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟩 18 Aug 1956, Villa 3-1 Charlton, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Ray Hogg |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
M Bill Baxter |
M Pat Saward |
W Les Smith |
W Derek Pace |
CF Peter McParland |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Jackie Sewell |

MANAGER

Jimmy Trotter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Charlton Athletic

Marsh, Townsend, Campbell, McCarthy, Hammond, Hurst, O’Linn, Ayre (g), White, Gauld, Kiernan.

Manager: Jimmy Seed.

Line Ups

🟩 18 Aug 1956, Villa 3-1 Charlton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 18 Aug 1956, Villa 3-1 Charlton, 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

🟩 18 Aug 1956, Villa 3-1 Charlton, Villa Park

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
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Red
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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MATCH VIDEO

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