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Game #2455

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 2 October 1957

Lost

17th (-)

LDLWL

Division One

Attendance: 18,482

Arsenal

Highbury

Arsenal

4-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

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Wednesday, 2 October 1957

ON THIS DAY

Eric Houghton's Villa follow up their biggest win of the season with their equal heaviest defeat to make it three wins, two draws and six defeats in eleven division one games this season.

Aston Villa

Arsenal

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1952–53

FIXTURE HISTORY

Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #195 |
Wednesday, 2 October 1957

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-4 |
Last 5 Games | LDLWL |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 195 | 🟩 | 70 🟨 55 🟥 70 | 1.36

Career Form:

Mid Table

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

All the matches refereed by:

CARDS

Villa

Arsenal

TEAM NEWS

Vic Crowe replaces Pat Saward.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.57 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 33.84 |

Youngest Player |
M Stan Crowther | 22.10 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
M Stan Crowther |
M Vic Crowe |
W Tommy Southren |
F Peter McParland |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Jackie Sewell |
CF Derek Pace |

Arsenal

Kelsey, Evans, Wills, Dodgin, Bloomfield (g), Bowen, Clapton, Tiddy (g), Herd (g), Holton, Swallow (g). 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

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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