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First Division
14th of 22

Season 69 | 1957-58

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa First Team Squad

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Nigel Sims

Player #453
Goalkeeper
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #453 |

9 August 1931

Burton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
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45

0

45

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0

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0

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0

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Goalkeepers:
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95

6

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 101 | ✅ 101 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0

Arthur Sabin

Player #457
Goalkeeper
GK Arthur Sabin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #457 |

25 January 1939

Kingstanding 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
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1

0

1

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0

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0

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0

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Goalkeepers:
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1

0

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0

Jimmy Dugdale

Player #450
Centre Back
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

15 January 1932

Liverpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
🕒

41

1

41

🔥

1

🔁

0

🟨

🇺

0

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Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 104 | ✅ 104 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 1

George Ashfield

Player #449
Centre Back
CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

7 April 1934

Manchester 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
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9

0

9

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0

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0

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0

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 10 | ✅ 10 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0

Stan Lynn

Player #422
Full Back
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #422 |

18 June 1928

Bolton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
🕒

44

9

44

🔥

0

🔁

0

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0

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Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 226 | ✅ 226 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 28 | 🔥 6

Peter Aldis

Player #426
Full Back
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #426 |

11 April 1927

Kings Heath 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
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33

0

33

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0

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0

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0

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 263 | ✅ 263 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 2

Dennis Jackson

Player #456
Full Back
FB Dennis Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #456 |

8 March 1932

Birmingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
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1

0

1

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0

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0

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0

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0

Les Jones

Player #461
Full Back
FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

1 January 1930

Mountain Ash 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

1957-58
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5

0

5

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0

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0

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0

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 5 | ✅ 5 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0

Roy Pritchard

Player #451
Full Back
FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

9 May 1925

Telford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
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1

0

1

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0

🔁

0

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0

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Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0

Vic Crowe

Player #439
Midfielder
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #439 |

31 January 1932

Abercynon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

1957-58
🕒

26

0

26

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0

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0

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0

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Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 91 | ✅ 91 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 3

Pat Saward

Player #447
Midfielder
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | #447 |

17 August 1928

Cork 🇮🇪

Ireland 🇮🇪

1957-58
🕒

43

0

43

🔥

1

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0

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0

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Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 99 | ✅ 99 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 8

Stan Crowther

Player #454
Midfielder
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #454 |

3 September 1935

Bilston 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
🕒

29

4

29

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0

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0

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0

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Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 62 | ✅ 62 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 4 | 🔥 1

Trevor Birch

Player #442
Midfielder
M Trevor Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #442 |

20 November 1933

West Bromwich 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
🕒

2

0

2

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0

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0

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0

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Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 19 | ✅ 19 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1

Jackie Hinchcliffe

Player #458
Midfielder
M Jackie Hinchcliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #458 |

4 June 1938

Tillicoultry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Heading 6
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Career to Date:

Career to Date

Peter McParland

Player #431
Winger
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | #431 |

25 April 1934

Newry 🇬🇧

Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

1957-58
🕒

45

18

45

🔥

5

🔁

0

🟨

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0

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Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 177 | ✅ 177 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 52 | 🔥 24

Les J Smith

Player #452
Winger
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #452 |

24 December 1927

Halesowen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Heading 6
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Career to Date:

Career to Date

Tommy Southren

Player #443
Winger
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #443 |

1 August 1927

Southwick 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
🕒

11

3

11

🔥

0

🔁

0

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0

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Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 73 | ✅ 73 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 7 | 🔥 13

Ken O Roberts

Player #436
Winger
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #436 |

27 March 1936

Wrexham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

1957-58
🕒

2

0

2

🔥

0

🔁

0

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0

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Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 39 | ✅ 39 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 10

Johnny Dixon

Player #396
Forward
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #396 |

10 December 1923

Hebburn-on-Tyne 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
🕒

14

2

14

🔥

0

🔁

0

🟨

🇺

0

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Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 391 | ✅ 391 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 141 | 🔥 59

Gerry Hitchens

Player #460
Forward
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #460 |

8 October 1934

Cannock 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
🕒

22

10

22

🔥

4

🔁

0

🟨

🇺

0

🟥

Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 22 | ✅ 22 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 10 | 🔥 4

Jackie Sewell

Player #448
Forward
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #448 |

24 January 1927

Whitehaven 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
🕒

40

12

40

🔥

7

🔁

0

🟨

🇺

0

🟥

Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 106 | ✅ 106 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 33 | 🔥 21

Derek Pace

Player #428
Forward
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #428 |

11 March 1932

Bloxwich 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
🕒

13

3

13

🔥

7

🔁

0

🟨

🇺

0

🟥

Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 109 | ✅ 109 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 42 | 🔥 19

Billy Myerscough

Player #455
Forward
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #455 |

22 June 1930

Bolton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
🕒

25

5

25

🔥

5

🔁

0

🟨

🇺

0

🟥

Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 41 | ✅ 41 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 9 | 🔥 7

Wally Hazelden

Player #459
Forward
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #459 |

13 February 1941

Wigan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
🕒

11

3

11

🔥

2

🔁

0

🟨

🇺

0

🟥

Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 11 | ✅ 11 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 2

Roy Chapman

Player #434
Forward
F Roy Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #434 |

18 March 1934

Kingstanding 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1957-58
🕒

8

1

8

🔥

0

🔁

0

🟨

🇺

0

🟥

Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1957-58 🕒 19 | ✅ 19 | 🔁 - | ⚽ 7 | 🔥 1

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The Trophy Cabinet

Domestic:

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
League Champions: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
FA Cup Winners: 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96


Europe:
🏆
European Cup Winners: 1981-82
🏆
European Super Cup Winners: 1982-83


Other Domestic:

🏆 🏆
Second Division Champions: 1937-38, 1959-60

🏆
Third Division Champions: 1971-72


Other Europe:

🏆
Intertoto Cup Winners: 2001-02

🏆
Peace Cup Winners: 2009

Reserve League
:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Premier Reserve League Champions: 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12

🏆 🏆 🏆
Central League Champions: 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

Reserve Cup
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24 

🏆
NextGen Series Winners: 2012-13

🏆
Premier League Cup Winners: 2017-18

Youth League:
🏆
u18s Premier League Champions: 2024-25
🏆
u18s Premier League National Champions: 2024-25
🏆
u18 Premier League Tier Two Champions 2016-17
🏆 🏆 🏆
u18 Premier Academy League Academy Group B Champions: 2005-06, 2007-08, 2010-11
🏆
u18 Premier Academy League National Champions 2007-08
🏆 🏆 
u17 FA Premier Academy League Champions: 1999-00, 2003-04
🏆 🏆🏆
Midland Youth League Champions: 1989-90, 1994-95, 1995-96

Youth Cup:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
FA Youth Cup Winners: 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
🏆 🏆
Midland Youth League Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1994-95
🏆 🏆 🏆
Midland Youth Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Southern Junior Floodlit Cup: 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1993-94

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