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Game #2411

Aston Villa

6-6-6, 18 PTS

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Saturday, 1 December 1956

13th=

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad:

Injury | 1 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.

Not recorded

  • Peter McParland scores his 6th of the campaign but Villa lose for the first time in four.

  • Villa make it six wins, six draws and six defeats in eighteen Division One games this season under Eric Houghton. 

  • Full back Bill Baxter makes his final appearance in a Villa shirt having played for the club between 1953-54 and 1956-57 making 108 appearances and scoring 6 goals.

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Lost

1-2

🟥 1 Dec 1956, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough
Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 45' |

Assist(s) | Jackie Sewell | 45' |

Match Timeline:

🚑 | 10' Player retires from field of play with injury, Jimmy Dugdale
🚑 | 15' Player returns to field of play, Jimmy Dugdale
🥅 | 44' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Quixall
⚽ | 45' Goal, 1-1, Peter McParland, Assist by Jackie Sewell
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 68' Goal, 1-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), Quixall
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Aston Villa

Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #151 |
Saturday, 1 December 1956

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Stanley Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bexley Heath
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Referee: Stanley Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bexley Heath, 1956-1957

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

🔴 M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1953-56 🕒 108 | ✅ 108 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 6 | 🔥 4 | 🇺 - | #435 |

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Referee:

Referee: Stanley Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bexley Heath, 1956-1957
🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | 🆘 : 0
🕒 1 | 🟩 0% | 🟨 0% | 🟥 100% | 🆘 : 0%
Cards 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | 0.00 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 |
Last 5: 🟥

VAR (from 2021)

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
27
🟩
11
🟨
0
27
🟨
8
🟥
0
0
🟥
8
0
🥅
11
34
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
151
🟩
52
🟨
0
151
🟨
45
🟥
0
18
🟥
54
6
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
32
🟩
12
🟨
0
32
🟨
10
🟥
0
1
🟥
10
0
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
198
🟩
76
🟨
0
198
🟨
50
🟥
0
1
🟥
72
2
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
24
🟩
8
🟨
0
24
🟨
8
🟥
0
1
🟥
8
2
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
36
🟩
12
🟨
0
36
🟨
13
🟥
0
3
🟥
11
10
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
106
🟩
31
🟨
1
106
🟨
33
🟥
0
21
🟥
42
12
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
347
🟩
131
🟨
0
347
🟨
89
🟥
0
130
🟥
127
54
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
108
🟩
34
🟨
0
108
🟨
34
🟥
0
6
🟥
40
4
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
32
🟩
12
🟨
0
32
🟨
10
🟥
0
10
🟥
10
6
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
36
🟩
11
🟨
0
36
🟨
11
🟥
0
10
🟥
14
7
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

7-2-11, 16 PTS

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Hillsborough

Attendance: 23,560

McIntosh, Staniforth, McEvoy, Curtis, Gibson, McAnearney, Cargill, Shiner, Finney, Froggatt, Quixall (g) (g).

Manager: Jack Marshall.

Eric Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1934–35

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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