Game #2324
Aston Villa
8-6-11, 22 PTS
Saturday, 1 January 1955


Drew
16th=
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
Division One
Sheffield Wednesday
4-6-15, 14 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 22,990
🟨 1 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Wednesday, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-0

Sheffield Wednesday

Assist(s) | None
🟨 1 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Wednesday, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 1 January 1955
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
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
🟨 1 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 1 January 1955
Villa play at home on New Years day for only the third time in their history.
Villa had played their first New Years Day fixture in January 1891 and have now played just three home games on 1st January in 64 years.
Eric Houghton's Villa make it three unbeaten but can only draw at home to make it eight wins, six draws and eleven defeats after twenty five division one matches.
🟨 1 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Sheffield Wednesday


League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1934–35
🟨 1 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Wednesday, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #64 |
Saturday, 1 January 1955
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🟨 1 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Wednesday, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 1 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
REFEREE PROFILE
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
🟨 1 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Davy Walsh and Peter McParland replace Tommy Thompson and Johnny Dixon.
Not recorded
🟨 1 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Wednesday, Villa Park
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958

Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Eddie Follan | 🏴 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
MANAGER
Eric Taylor | 🏴 |

Sheffield Wednesday
McIntosh, Conwell, McEvoy, Curtis, Turley, McAnearney, Gannon, Quixall, Marriott, Greensmith, Shaw.
Manager: Jack Marshall.
🟨 1 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Wednesday, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟨 1 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Wednesday, Villa Park
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
🟨 1 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 1 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Wednesday, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟨 1 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Wednesday, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 1 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Wednesday, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 1 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Wednesday, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 1 Jan 1955, Villa 0-0 Wednesday, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS









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