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Game #2447

Aston Villa

1-0-2, 2 PTS

Saturday, 31 August 1957

Aston Villa

0-1

Everton

Division One

Everton

2-0-1, 4 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 37,759

Lost

17th (-4)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa lose by the odd goal to Everton to leave the season already looking likely to be a struggle ahead.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 31 August 1957

🥅 | 23' Goal, 0-1, (Everton), Derek Temple
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Everton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Everton

ON THIS DAY

Eric Houghton's Villa lose for the second time this season as they are beaten at Villa Park by an Everton side who had finished five places below Villa in 1956-57.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57

Everton

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1938-39

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Everton

Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #187 |
Saturday, 31 August 1957

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Colchester, 1955-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 187 | 🟩 | 68 🟨 53 🟥 66 | 1.37

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Colchester, 1955-1963
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Tommy Southren replaces Les Smith.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.95 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.75 |

Youngest Player |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.01 |

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 Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ian Buchan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Everton

GK Albert Dunlop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mick Meagan | 🇮🇪 |
LB Don Donovan | 🇮🇪 |
LB Jimmy Tansey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ken Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Derek Temple | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Wally Fielding | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dave Hickson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jimmy Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

SQUAD STATS

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Everton XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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