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Game #1778

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 25 December 1935

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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

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Huddersfield Town

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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

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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

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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

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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

Huddersfield Town

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1925-26

FIXTURE HISTORY
Huddersfield Town
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Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨

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

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

FIXTURE DETAILS
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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
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Manager: Management Committee 1935-1936
Referee: Jack Millward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Derby, 1932-1935
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

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Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Management Committee 1935-1936

Villa Career Form:

Management Committee 1935-1936

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

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jack Millward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Derby, 1932-1935

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

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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Fred Biddlestone, Jimmy Allen and Bob Brocklebank replace Harry Morton, Danny Blair and Frank Broome.

Referee

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

MANAGER

Management Committee 1935-1936

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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) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Huddersfield Town

Turner
Craig
Mountford
Willingham
Young
Wightman
W. Brown
Beech
Lythgoe
Butt
Chester

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, 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

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

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

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

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 2 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jack Palethorpe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | septic toe

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 25 Dec 1935, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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MATCH VIDEO
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