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Game #2335

Wednesday, 23 February 1955

Attendance: 5,287

Won

Division One

Huddersfield Town

DWDLW

Leeds Road

Huddersfield Town

1-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

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

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

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

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Huddersfield Town

All the matches

TEAM NEWS

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

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

MANAGER

Eric Houghton

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 |

Huddersfield Town

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

Manager: Andy Beattie.

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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