Game #2267
Aston Villa
Saturday, 3 October 1953
Lost
WWWWL
Division One
Attendance: 36,534
Huddersfield Town
Leeds Road
Huddersfield Town
4-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 3 October 1953
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa lose heavily at Leeds Road as a second successive Yorkshire visit sees their four game winning run come to and end to make it seven wins and four defeats in eleven division one games so far this season.
Meanwhile, winger Billy Goffin made his final appearance for Villa before moving on to Walsall in August 1954. Billy played for Villa between 1945-46 and 1953-54 making 173 appearances and scoring 42 goals.
Aston Villa
Huddersfield Town
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1925-26
FIXTURE HISTORY
Huddersfield Town
Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #7 |
Saturday, 3 October 1953
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-4 |
Last 5 Games | WWWWL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 7 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 0 🟥 2 | 2.14
Career Form:
Champions
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Huddersfield Town
TEAM NEWS
Larry Canning, Billy Goffin and Derek Pace replace Danny Blanchflower, Norman Lockhart and Davy Walsh.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Andy Beattie | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
M Larry Canning |
M Amos Moss |
W Colin Gibson |
W Billy Goffin |
CF Derek Pace |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Tommy Thompson |
Huddersfield Town
Mills, Staniforth, Howe, McEvoy, Davie, Metcalfe (g), Quested, McGarry, Gunn, Cavanagh, Glazzard (g) (g) (g).
Manager: Andy Beattie.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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