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Game #2429

Wednesday, 13 March 1957

Attendance: 12,567

Won

Division One

Cardiff City

DDWDW

Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-1

Cardiff City

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Jackie Sewell, scored a brace to help Villa to a first League win in eleven, Wednesday, 13 March 1957.

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MATCH TIMELINE

ON THIS DAY

Villa go ten games unbeaten but win in the League for the first time in eleven to make it nine wins, twelve draws and nine defeats in thirty Division One games this season under Eric Houghton.

Aston Villa

Cardiff City

FIXTURE HISTORY

Cardiff City

Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #169 |
Wednesday, 13 March 1957

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 4-1 |
Last 5 Games | DDWDW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Cardiff City

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

Trevor Birch replaces Stan Crowther.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

MANAGER

Eric Houghton

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
M Trevor Birch |
M Pat Saward |
W Les Smith |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Billy Myerscough |
CF Peter McParland |

Cardiff City

Vearncombe, Sullivan, Stitfall, Malloy, Harrington, Frowen, Baker, McSeveney, Jones, Hitchens (ex) (g), Dixon.

Manager: Trevor Morris.

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

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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