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Game #2434

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 3 April 1957

Lost

DDWWL

Division One

Attendance: 18,354

Cardiff City

Ninian Park

Cardiff City

1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

KEY MAN

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Wednesday, 3 April 1957

ON THIS DAY

Villa lose for the first time in fifteen games and make it ten wins, thirteen draws and ten defeats in thirty three Division One games this season under Eric Houghton.

Aston Villa

Cardiff City

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1926-27

FIXTURE HISTORY

Cardiff City

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #174 |
Wednesday, 3 April 1957

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-1 |
Last 5 Games | DDWWL |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 174 | 🟩 | 62 🟨 51 🟥 61 | 1.36

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

All the matches refereed by:

CARDS

Villa

Cardiff City

TEAM NEWS

Peter McParland replaces Tommy Southren.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Trevor Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Cardiff City

Vearncombe, Stitfall, Rutter, Malloy, Harrington, Baker, Tucker, Nugent, McSeveney (g), Jenkins, Hitchens (ex).

Manager: Trevor Morris.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Trinity Mirror. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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