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Game #2430

Aston Villa

Saturday, 16 March 1957

Drew

DWDWD

Division One

Attendance: 39,893

Arsenal

Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-0

Arsenal

Assist(s) | None

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Saturday, 16 March 1957

ON THIS DAY

Villa go eleven games unbeaten to make it nine wins, thirteen draws and nine defeats in thirty one Division One games this season under Eric Houghton.

Aston Villa

Arsenal

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1952–53

FIXTURE HISTORY

Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #170 |
Saturday, 16 March 1957

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 0-0 |
Last 5 Games | DWDWD |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Arsenal

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TEAM NEWS

Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.

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 |

Arsenal

Kelsey, Wills, Dodgin, Evans, Bowen, Bloomfield, Nutt, Holton, Tapscott, Herd, Clapton.

Manager: Jack Crayston.

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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