Game #2062
Aston Villa
8-4-15, 20 PTS
Saturday, 12 February 1949
Won
20th
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Huddersfield Town
5-8-14, 18 PTS
Leeds Road
Attendance: 15,401
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
Huddersfield Town
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Colin Gibson | 7' |
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 February 1949
🟢 | 1' Debut, Colin Gibson
⚽ | 7' Goal, 1-0, Trevor Ford, Assist by Colin Gibson
🕒 | HT Huddersfield Town 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Huddersfield Town 0-1 Aston Villa
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
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 February 1949
Villa play and beat fellow bottom side Huddersfield whilst neighbours Birmingham so them a favour by holding Everton to a draw.
It is successive league wins for Villa for only the second time this season and the first time since November.
Villa keep their third League clean sheet of the season and having claimed just one up to January 21st now have two in their last two.
Villa climb to 20th on 20 points, two points clear of the bottom two and with a game in hand on Everton four points ahead.
Winger Colin Gibson made his Villa debut aged 25 after joining from Newcastle United earlier this month for a fee of £17,500.
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 W Colin Gibson | 🏴 | #417 | £17,500 signing from Newcastle
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Huddersfield Town
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1925-26
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #125 |
Saturday, 12 February 1949
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🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: William Evans | 🏴 | Liverpool
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 125 | 🟩 | 51 🟨 25 🟥 49 | 1.42
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: William Evans | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1947-
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Colin Gibson (debut) and Johnny Dixon replace Billy Goffin and George Edwards.
Not recorded
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MANAGER
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
Aston Villa
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 |
M Ivor Powell | 🏴 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔥 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
George Stephenson (ex) | 🏴 |
Huddersfield Town
Wheeler, Hepplewhite, Stewart, Hayes, Whitaker, Boot, Metcalfe, Aage Hansen, Doherty, Nightingale, McKenna.
Manager: George Stephenson.
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
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
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road