Game #2335
Aston Villa
11-6-12, 28 PTS
Wednesday, 23 February 1955
Won
12th=
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Division One
Huddersfield Town
10-9-9, 29 PTS
Leeds Road
Attendance: 5,287
🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
Huddersfield Town
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 23 February 1955
⚽ | 32' Goal, 1-0, Stan Lynn, pen
🥅 | 37' Goal, 1-1, (Huddersfield Town), Glazzard
🕒 | HT Huddersfield Town 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Colin Gibson
🕒 | FT Huddersfield Town 1-2 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 23 February 1955
Eric Houghton's Villa bounce back from their epic FA Cup defeat to win successive League games and make it eleven wins, six draws and twelve defeats after twenty nine division one matches.
🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
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
🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #75 |
Wednesday, 23 February 1955
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🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Unknown
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 75 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 20 🟥 29 | 1.31
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
None
None
🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Peter McParland and Davy Walsh replace Norman Lockhart and Tommy Thompson.
Not recorded
🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Aston Villa
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
MANAGER
Andy Beattie | 🏴 |
Huddersfield Town
Wheeler, Staniforth, Kelly, Hobson, Taylor, Metcalfe, Quested, McGarry, Frear, Watson, Glazzard (g).
Manager: Andy Beattie.
🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 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
🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Keith Jones | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 23 Feb 1955, Villa 2-1 Huddersfield, Leeds Road