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

Scorer(s) | None

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

🟨 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

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟩 28 Dec 1954, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 8 Jan 1955, Villa 2-2 Brighton, Goldstone Ground

Aston Villa

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

Sheffield Wednesday

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1934–35

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Sheffield Wednesday

All the matches

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Sheffield Wednesday

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟥 28 Aug 1954, Villa 3-6 Wednesday, Hillsborough

Sheffield Wednesday

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 1 Dec 1956, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

🟨 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

🟨 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: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

Scorers

Timeline

On This Day

Trophies

Matches

Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 64 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 15 🟥 27 | 1.27

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Full Managerial Performance Statistics

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨 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

Referee

Manager

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

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Aston Villa

MANAGER

Eric Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Sheffield Wednesday

McIntosh, Conwell, McEvoy, Curtis, Turley, McAnearney, Gannon, Quixall, Marriott, Greensmith, Shaw.

Manager: Jack Marshall.

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟨 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