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Game #2463

Saturday, 16 November 1957

Attendance: 28,390

Drew

Division One

19th (-2)

Tottenham Hotspur

LLWLD

Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-1

Tottenham Hotspur

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Arthur Sabin, made his final appearance for Villa aged 18 before his untimely death in March 1958, Saturday, 16 November 1957.

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ON THIS DAY

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.

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

FIXTURE HISTORY

Tottenham Hotspur

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | LLWLD |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

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

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.57 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 30.83 |

Youngest Player |
GK Arthur Sabin | 18.82 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Eric Houghton

Aston Villa

GK Arthur Sabin |
CB George Ashfield |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
FB Stan Lynn |
M Stan Crowther |
M Pat Saward |
W Tommy Southren |
W Ken Roberts |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Peter McParland |
CF Derek Pace |

Tottenham Hotspur

Ditchburn, Hopkins, Norman, Baker, Ryden, Blanchflower (ex), Robb, Medwin, Smith (g), Brooks, Harmer. Manager: Jimmy Anderson.

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

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