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Game #2335

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 23 February 1955

Huddersfield Town

1-2

Aston Villa

Division One

Huddersfield Town

Leeds Road

Attendance: 5,287

Won

DWDLW

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

KEY MAN

Stan Lynn, scored from the spot to help Villa to victory over Huddersfield, Wednesday, 23 February 1955.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 23 February 1955

ON THIS DAY

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.

Aston Villa

Huddersfield Town

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Huddersfield Town

Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟨 |

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #75 |
Wednesday, 23 February 1955

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-1 |
Last 5 Games | DWDLW |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 75 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 20 🟥 29 | 1.31

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

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TEAM NEWS

Peter McParland and Davy Walsh replace Norman Lockhart and Tommy Thompson.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Ken 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Huddersfield Town

Wheeler, Staniforth, Kelly, Hobson, Taylor, Metcalfe, Quested, McGarry, Frear, Watson, Glazzard (g).

Manager: Andy Beattie.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED

Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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