Game #1778
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 25 December 1935


Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division One
Huddersfield Town
VIlla Park
Attendance: 46,095
🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-1

Huddersfield Town

Assist(s) | Jackie Williams | 1-1 | Tommy Wood | 2-1 | Bob Brocklebank | 3-1 | Dai Astley | 4-1 |
🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 25 December 1935
🥅 | 8' Goal, 0-1, (Huddersfield Town), Butt
⚽ | 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
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
🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 25 December 1935
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.
🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, 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
Huddersfield Town


League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1925-26
🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1935-36 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #9 |
Wednesday, 25 December 1935
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🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Management Committee 1935-1936
Referee: Jack Millward | 🏴 | Derby, 1932-1935
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Management Committee 1935-1936
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jack Millward | 🏴 | Derby, 1932-1935
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
🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Fred Biddlestone, Jimmy Allen and Bob Brocklebank replace Harry Morton, Danny Blair and Frank Broome.
🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park
MANAGER
Management Committee 1935-1936

Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Clem Stephenson (ex) | 🏴 |

Huddersfield Town
Turner
Craig
Mountford
Willingham
Young
Wightman
W. Brown
Beech
Lythgoe
Butt
Chester
🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, 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

🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
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UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴 |
F Jack Palethorpe | 🏴 | septic toe
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS









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🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

