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Game #2463

Aston Villa

5-3-10, 13 PTS

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Saturday, 16 November 1957

19th (-2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

GK Arthur Sabin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Injury | 6 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Arthur Sabin, Ken Roberts and Jackie Sewell replace Nigel Sims, Roy Chapman and Wally Hazelden.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.57 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.83 |

Youngest Player |
GK Arthur Sabin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.82 |

  • 18 year old Arthur Sabin comes in and provides heroics in goal just as his mentor Nigel Sims did in the previous games, Belying his tender years, Sabin, looked to have the world at this feet starting with the Villa goalkeeping jersey. Tragically this would be his final appearance before his untimely death in March the following year. Arthur Sabin, a Villa great in the making, lost way too early.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa hold Tottenham to make it five wins, three draws and ten defeats in eighteen division one games this season. The game however was most notable for tragedy as goalkeeper Arthur Sabin made his second and final Villa appearance aged just 18. Arthur, seen as a natural successor to Nigel Sims, would tragically pass away, aged 19, in March 1958 due to kidney disease. Also making their final appearance was winger Ken Roberts before being forced to retire due to injury aged just 21. Roberts played for Villa between 1953-54 and 1957-58 making 39 appearances and scoring 4 goals.

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Drew

1-1

🟨 16 Nov 1957, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Jackie Sewell | 52' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline:

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
⚽ | 52' Goal, 1-0, Jackie Sewell
🥅 | 57' Goal, 1-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Bobby Smith
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #203 |
Saturday, 16 November 1957

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Tom Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1957-1960
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

Referee: Tom Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1957-1960

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Total 🕒 56 | 🟩 22 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 23 | ⚽ 88 | 🥅 90 |
League 🕒 51 | 🟩 19 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 21 | ⚽ 83 | 🥅 86 |
FA Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 4 |
Home 🕒 27 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 12 | ⚽ 43 | 🥅 46 |
Away 🕒 29 | 🟩 12 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 11 | ⚽ 45 | 🥅 44 |

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

🔴 GK Arthur Sabin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1957 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 (-) | 🥅 0.50 | ⛔ 50% | 🇺 - | #457 |
🔴 W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1954-57 🕒 39 | ✅ 39 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 10 | 🇺 - | #436 |

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Arthur Sabin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
2
🟩
1
🟨
0
2
🟨
1
🟥
0
0
🟥
0
0
🥅
1
1
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
199
🟩
69
🟨
0
199
🟨
60
🟥
0
20
🟥
70
6
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
81
🟩
31
🟨
0
81
🟨
24
🟥
0
1
🟥
26
0
CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
6
🟩
2
🟨
0
6
🟨
1
🟥
0
0
🟥
3
0
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
50
🟩
20
🟨
0
50
🟨
16
🟥
0
1
🟥
14
1
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
39
🟩
13
🟨
0
39
🟨
14
🟥
0
3
🟥
12
10
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
150
🟩
47
🟨
1
150
🟨
46
🟥
0
42
🟥
57
20
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
105
🟩
33
🟨
0
105
🟨
30
🟥
0
42
🟥
42
16
Sub 2
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Player Profile
Sub 4
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Results
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Player Profile
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
74
🟩
26
🟨
0
74
🟨
23
🟥
0
2
🟥
25
7
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
69
🟩
26
🟨
0
69
🟨
19
🟥
0
6
🟥
24
13
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
82
🟩
27
🟨
0
82
🟨
26
🟥
0
27
🟥
29
17
Sub 1
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Results
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Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
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🟥
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Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🟥
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Player Profile

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

6-4-8, 16 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 28,390

GK Ted Ditchburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mel Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Maurice Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Ryden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Peter Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
W George Robb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Terry Medwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Johnny Brooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tommy Harmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bobby Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Jimmy Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

None

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1950-51

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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