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 |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 170 | 🟩 | 60 🟨 50 🟥 60 | 1.35
Career Form:
Mid Table
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Arsenal
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
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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