Game #2267
Aston Villa
7-0-4, 14 PTS
Saturday, 3 October 1953


Lost
5th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Division One
Huddersfield Town
8-2-2, 18 PTS
Leeds Road
Attendance: 36,534
🟥 3 Oct 1953, Villa 0-4 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
Huddersfield Town
4-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 3 Oct 1953, Villa 0-4 Huddersfield, Leeds Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 3 October 1953
🥅 | 16' Goal, 0-1, (Huddersfield Town), Glazzard
🥅 | 36' Goal, 0-2, (Huddersfield Town), Glazzard
🥅 | 44' Goal, 0-3, (Huddersfield Town), Glazzard
🕒 | HT Huddersfield Town 3-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 88' Goal, 0-4, (Huddersfield Town), Metcalfe
🕒 | FT Huddersfield Town 4-0 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
🟥 3 Oct 1953, Villa 0-4 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 3 October 1953
Villa shorn of their Irish contingent due to international duty lose heavily at Leeds Road as their four game winning run come to an end.
Villa fail to score for the first time since the opening day of the season as they fall back to joint 5th.
Villa make it seven wins and four defeats in eleven division one games so far this season.
Winger Billy Goffin makes his final appearance for Villa before moving on to Walsall in August 1954. Billy played for Villa between 1945-46 and 1953-54 making 173 appearances and scoring 42 goals.
🟥 3 Oct 1953, Villa 0-4 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 W Billy Goffin | 🏴 | 1946-53 🕒 172 | ✅ 172 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 42 | 🔥 26 | 🇺 - | #391 |
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
🟥 3 Oct 1953, Villa 0-4 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #6 |
Saturday, 3 October 1953
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🟥 3 Oct 1953, Villa 0-4 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: William Gaiger | 🏴 | Wilmslow, 1953-1956
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 3 Oct 1953, Villa 0-4 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: William Gaiger | 🏴 | Wilmslow, 1953-1956
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
🟥 3 Oct 1953, Villa 0-4 Huddersfield, Leeds Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Larry Canning, Billy Goffin and Derek Pace replace Danny Blanchflower, Norman Lockhart and Davy Walsh.
Not recorded
🟥 3 Oct 1953, Villa 0-4 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958

Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
M Larry Canning | 🏴 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴 | 🔴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Andy Beattie | 🏴 |

Huddersfield Town
Mills, Staniforth, Howe, McEvoy, Davie, Metcalfe (g), Quested, McGarry, Gunn, Cavanagh, Glazzard (g) (g) (g).
Manager: Andy Beattie.
🟥 3 Oct 1953, Villa 0-4 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟥 3 Oct 1953, Villa 0-4 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

🟥 3 Oct 1953, Villa 0-4 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
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UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 3 Oct 1953, Villa 0-4 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟥 3 Oct 1953, Villa 0-4 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 3 Oct 1953, Villa 0-4 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
International Duty | 3 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟥 3 Oct 1953, Villa 0-4 Huddersfield, Leeds Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 3 Oct 1953, Villa 0-4 Huddersfield, Leeds Road


MATCH REPORTS









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