Game #2466
Aston Villa
Saturday, 7 December 1957
Won
17th (+2)
LDLDW
Division One
Sheffield Wednesday
Attendance: 15,411
Hillsborough
Sheffield Wednesday
2-5
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 December 1957
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa without a victory in four record their biggest win of the season to make it six wins, four draws and eleven defeats in twenty one division one games this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Sheffield Wednesday
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1934–35
FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield Wednesday
Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #206 |
Saturday, 7 December 1957
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 5-2 |
Last 5 Games | LDLDW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 206 | 🟩 | 73 🟨 57 🟥 76 | 1.34
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
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CARDS
Villa
Sheffield Wednesday
TEAM NEWS
Vic Crowe and Wally Hazelden replace Billy Myerscough and Jackie Sewell.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.01 |
Oldest Player |
FB Peter Aldis | 30.68 |
Youngest Player |
F Wally Hazelden | 16.82 |
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims |
FB Peter Aldis |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
FB Stan Lynn |
M Stan Crowther |
M Pat Saward |
M Vic Crowe |
W Les Smith |
F Wally Hazelden |
F Peter McParland |
CF Derek Pace |
MANAGER
Sheffield Wednesday
McIntosh, Staniforth, Curtis, Hill, O’Donnell, McAnearney, Ellis (g) (g), Wilkinson, Finney, Froggatt, Quixall. Manager: Jack Marshall.
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴 |
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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