Game #2443
Aston Villa
14-15-13, 43 PTS
Saturday, 27 April 1957
10th
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Trevor Birch | 🏴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴 |
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 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: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Trevor Birch | 🏴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
Wingers
W Les Smith | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Team News
Nigel Sims, Jimmy Dugdale, Les Smith, Billy Myerscough and Johnny Dixon replace Mike Pinner, Stan Crowther, Tommy Southren, Roy Chapman and Peter McParland.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Lost
1-3
🟥 27 Apr 1957, Villa 1-3 Luton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Les Smith | 78' |
Assist(s) | Billy Myerscough | 78' |
Match Timeline
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Luton Town
🥅 | 68' Goal, 0-1, (Luton Town), Gordon Turner
⚽ | 78' Goal, 1-1, Les Smith, Assist by Billy Myerscough
🥅 | 82' Goal, 1-2, (Luton Town), Allan Brown
🥅 | 87' Goal, 1-3, (Luton Town), Gordon Turner
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Luton Town
Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #183 |
Saturday, 27 April 1957
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Clive Kingston | 🏴 | Newport, 1957-1961
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Officials
Referee: Clive Kingston | 🏴 | Newport, 1957-1961
Linesmen: D King; C. H. Sant
Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 9 | 🟩 W4 (44% ) | 🟨 D2 | 🇺(67% ) | 🟥 L3 (33% ) | ⚽ 14 | 🥅 11 | GD 3
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Division One
Luton Town
14-9-19, 37 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 28,524
GK Ron Baynham | 🏴 |
CB Terry Kelly | 🏴 |
FB Brendan McNally | 🇬🇧 |
FB Les Jones (ft) | 🏴 |
M Reg Pearce | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Adam (ft) | 🏴 |
W Mick Cullen | 🏴 |
W Roy Davies | 🇿🇦 |
CF Gordon Turner | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Allan Brown | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Bob Morton | 🏴 |
Dally Duncan | 🏴 |
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: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Ron Baynham | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Terry Kelly | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB Brendan McNally | 🇬🇧 |
FB Les Jones (ft) | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Reg Pearce | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Jimmy Adam (ft) | 🏴 |
W Mick Cullen | 🏴 |
W Roy Davies | 🇿🇦 |
Forwards
CF Gordon Turner | 🏴 |
CF Allan Brown | 🏴 |
F Bob Morton | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa play their 10th game in 24 days and 4th in the last 7 days and finish the League season with a second successive defeat in far from ideal preparation for the FA Cup final with Manchester United.
Villa approach their final game of the League campign with a sense of trepidation as no player wants to miss the final with injury, as such the fixture is as meaningless as it is unwelcome.
Happily however Villa now have a week's rest before their Wembley date - their longest break between fixtures since the middle of February.
Villa finish tenth in the table having recorded fourteen wins, fifteen draws and thirteen defeats in forty two Division One games this season under Eric Houghton.
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