Game #1778
Aston Villa
5-4-12, 14 PTS
Wednesday, 25 December 1935
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴 |
M Tommy Wood | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴 |
M Tom Griffiths | 🏴 |
W Jackie Williams | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Dai Astley | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴 |
F Bob Brocklebank | 🏴 | 🔥 |
Management Committee 1935-1936
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴 |
Full Backs
LB George Cummings | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Tommy Wood | 🏴 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴 |
M Tom Griffiths | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Jackie Williams | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Dai Astley | 🏴 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴 |
F Bob Brocklebank | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴 |
F Jack Palethorpe | 🏴 | septic toe
Team News
Fred Biddlestone, Jimmy Allen and Bob Brocklebank replace Harry Morton, Danny Blair and Frank Broome.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Won
4-1
🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Dai Astley (hat-trick) | Eric Houghton | 4-1 |
Assist(s) | Jackie Williams | 1-1 | Tommy Wood | 2-1 | Bob Brocklebank | 3-1 | Dai Astley | 4-1 |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 8' Goal, 0-1, (Huddersfield Town), Wilf Bott
⚽ | Goal, 1-1, Dai Astley, Assist by Jackie Williams
⚽ | Goal, 2-1, Dai Astley, Assist by Tommy Wood
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Huddersfield Town
⚽ | Goal, 3-1, Dai Astley, Assist by Bob Brocklebank
⚽ | Goal, 4-1, Eric Houghton, Assist by Dai Astley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Huddersfield Town
Season | 1935-36 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #9 |
Wednesday, 25 December 1935
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Management Committee 1935-1936
Referee: Jack Millward | 🏴 | Derby, 1932-1935
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Officials
Referee: Jack Millward | 🏴 | Derby, 1932-1935
Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
Head to Head
Total 🕒 34 | 🟩 W15 (44% ) | 🟨 D9 | 🇺(71% ) | 🟥 L10 (29% ) | ⚽ 65 | 🥅 46 | GD 19
Match Stats
Not recorded
Management Committee 1935-1936
Villa Career Form:
Division One
Huddersfield Town
VIlla Park
Attendance: 46,095
GK Hugh Turner | 🏴 |
D Benny Craig | 🏴 |
D Reg Mountford | 🏴 |
D Ken Willingham | 🏴 |
D Alf Young | 🏴 |
D Jock Wightman | 🏴 |
D Buster Brown | 🏴 |
D Albert Beech | 🏴 |
M Wilf Bott | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Alf Lythgoe | 🏴 |
F Reg Chester (ex) | 🏴 |
Clem Stephenson (ex) | 🏴 |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1925-26
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Hugh Turner | 🏴 |
Defenders
D Benny Craig | 🏴 |
D Reg Mountford | 🏴 |
D Ken Willingham | 🏴 |
D Alf Young | 🏴 |
D Jock Wightman | 🏴 |
D Buster Brown | 🏴 |
D Albert Beech | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Wilf Bott | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Alf Lythgoe | 🏴 |
F Reg Chester (ex) | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa win for the second time in fourteen as Dai Astley hits a hat-trick and creates another to help them to a surprise win on Christmas Day 1935.
Villa celebrate Christmas 1935 beating high-flying Huddersfield to make it five wins, four draws and twelve defeats in twenty one games.
Villa now have a single clean sheet in 27 games.
What they Said