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
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 February 1949
Villa beat bottom side Huddersfield to sit third from bottom under Alex Massie with 27 games of the season played.
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 | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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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 | #167 |
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: W. H. E. Evans | 🏴 | Liverpool
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 125 | 🟩 | 51 🟨 25 🟥 49 | 1.42
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
🟩 12 Feb 1949, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: W. H. E. Evans | 🏴 | Liverpool
🟩 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 | 🏴 |
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
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
🟩 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
None
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