Game #3012
Saturday, 11 January 1969
Attendance: 29,029
Won
Division Two
18th (-)
Huddersfield Town
WWWWW
Villa Park
Villa make 18th place their own, six points clear of the relegation places, after Tommy Docherty delivers a fourth successive League win to transform a side cut adrift at the bottom just five second division games previously. Barrie Hole repays Docherty’s faith with his latest goal to beat mid table Huddersfield but Villa end the game with ten men after Charlie Aitken is carried off with a damaged blood vessel in his chest.
Aston Villa
1-0
Huddersfield Town
Assist(s) | Not recorded |
KEY MAN
PREVIOUS MATCH
NEXT MATCH
MATCH TIMELINE
8’ Goal, 1-0, Barrie Hole
HT Aston Villa 1-0 Huddersfield Town
Sub off, Mike Ferguson, Sub on, Dave Rudge
Player retired injured, Charlie Aitken
FT Aston Villa 1-0 Huddersfield Town
Cards.
26’ Booking, Brian Godfrey
ON THIS DAY
Tommy Docherty makes it five wins in five since taking over as Villa boss who now have seven wins, eight draws and twelve defeats in twenty seven division two games so far this season. Villa win five consecutive games for the first time this season as they climb from from 22nd and bottom of the table under Tommy Cummings to 18th.
Aston Villa
Huddersfield Town
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1925-26
FIXTURE HISTORY
Huddersfield Town
Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Saturday, 11 January 1969
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Arthur Dimond | 🏴 | Essex, 1965-1971
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 1-0 |
Last 5 Games | WWWWW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Arthur Dimond | 🏴 | Essex, 1965-1971
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Peter Broadbent and Brian Tiler replace Fred Turnbull and Dave Rudge.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.99 |
Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 35.68 |
Youngest Player |
M Lionel Martin | 21.68 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Tommy Docherty
Aston Villa
GK John Dunn |
RB Mick Wright |
CB Brian Tiler |
D Dick Edwards |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Barry Hole |
M Willie Anderson |
M Mike Ferguson |
M Lionel Martin |
F Peter Broadbent |
F Brian Godfrey |
Huddersfield Town
Oldfield, Smith, Legg, Nicholson, Ellen, Cherry, Dobson, Lawson, Simson, McGill, Hill.
Manager: Ian Greaves.
SUBSTITUTES
M Dave Rudge for M Mike Ferguson |
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“If we get one goal up, go for two . . . and when we've got that, go and make it three."
‘Tactics’ Tommy Docherty impresses with his fifth successive victory.
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 13 January 1969