Game #2439
Aston Villa
12-15-11, 39 PTS

Monday, 15 April 1957
10th
Last 5: ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
GK Mike Pinner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Roy Pritchard | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Dennis Jackson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Trevor Birch | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Pat Saward | ๐ฎ๐ช |
W Tommy Southren | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Peter McParland | ๐ฌ๐ง |
F Jackie Sewell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Roy Chapman | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Derek Pace | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1953-1958

Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
M Vic Crowe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
GK Nigel Sims | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Team News
Mike Pinner, Roy Pritchard, Dennis Jackson, Trevor Birch, Tommy Southren, Roy Chapman and Derek Pace replace Arthur Sabin, Peter Aldis, Stan Lynn, Stan Crowther, Les Smith, Billy Myerscough and Johnny Dixon.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa play their 5th game in 9 days and suffer their first reverse losing for only the second time in twenty games.
Villa field 7 reserves but still come close to taking a point from Turf Moor
Villa make it twelve wins, fifteen draws and eleven defeats in thirty eight Division One games this season under Eric Houghton.
Meanwhile in an astonishing and uplifting move, Peter McParland absents himself from World Cup duty with Ireland in order to not prejudice his place in Villa's FA Cup team.
Starting XI

Lost
1-2
๐ฅ 15 Apr 1957, Villa 1-2 Burnley, Turf Moor
Scorer(s) | Derek Pace | 45' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| Goal, 0-1, (Burnley), Shackleton
๐ฅ
| Goal, 0-2, (Burnley), Shackleton
โฝ | 45' Goal, 1-2, Derek Pace
๐ | HT Burnley 2-1 Aston Villa
๐ | FT Burnley 2-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #179 |
Monday, 15 April 1957
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: ๐ฅ 1-2
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
FT Score: ๐ฅ 1-2
Last 5: ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
Officials
Referee: Unknown
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
What they Said
Division One
Burnley
17-10-10, 44 PTS
Turf Moor
Attendance: 17,381
McDonald, Winton (ft), Angus, Adamson, Seith, Pilkington, Miller, McIlroy, Newlands, Shackleton (g) (g), Cheesebrough.
Manager: Alan Brown.
Alan Brown | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐
Last Trophy: 1920-21
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1956-57
Playing Squad































