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Game #2324

Aston Villa

8-6-11, 22 PTS

Saturday, 1 January 1955

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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

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Sheffield Wednesday

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Assist(s) | None

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

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 1 January 1955

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday

Match Statistics

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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

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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

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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

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sheffield Wednesday

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Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Sheffield Wednesday

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Sheffield Wednesday

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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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
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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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

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Davy Walsh and Peter McParland replace Tommy Thompson and Johnny Dixon.

Not recorded

Referee

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

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

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

SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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MATCH VIDEO

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