Game #2467

Aston Villa

6-4-12, 16 PTS

Saturday, 14 December 1957

Lost

18th (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Manchester City

12-1-8, 25 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 24,767

Aston Villa

1-2

Manchester City

Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 77' |

Assist(s) | Derek Pace | 77' |

MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 14 December 1957

Match Statistics

Not recorded

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 14 December 1957

Eric Houghton's Villa follow up their biggest win of the season with a first defeat in three to make it six wins, four draws and twelve defeats in twenty two division one games this season. Meanwhile, centre forward Derek Pace made his final appearance for Villa aged 25 before moving on to Sheffield United later this month. Pace played for Villa between 1950-51 and 1957-58 making 107 appearances and scoring 42 goals.

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟩 7 Dec 1957, Villa 5-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 21 Dec 1957, Villa 0-2 Birmingham, Villa Park

Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1955-56

Aston Villa

Manchester City

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Manchester City

All the matches

Previous 5 vs. Man City: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨

Manchester City

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟨 4 Feb 1957, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

Manchester City

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #207 |
Saturday, 14 December 1957

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: J. V. Sherlock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, -1957
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 207 | 🟩 | 73 🟨 57 🟥 77 | 1.33

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Full Managerial Performance Statistics

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: J. V. Sherlock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, -1957
Matches Officiated:
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Referee: J. V. Sherlock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, -1957

CARDS

None

TEAM NEWS

Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up for the first time since September.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.03 |

Oldest Player |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.70 |

Youngest Player |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 16.84 |

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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

Les McDowall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Manchester City

GK Bert Trautmann | 🇩🇪 |
RB Bill Leivers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dave Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Cliff Sear | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Kenneth Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Roy Warhurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Colin Barlow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Paddy Fagan | 🇮🇪 |
F Billy McAdams | 🇬🇧 |
F Joe Hayes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Bobby Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

	Game	Start	Goal	Assist	Win	Draw	Loss	Goal Conceded	Clean Sheet	Yellow	Red
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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

	Game	Sub	Goal	Assist	Win	Draw	Loss	Goal Conceded	Clean Sheet	Yellow	Red

UNUSED

	Unused

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

Manchester City XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 4 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Media & Commentary

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORTS

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Game #2467

Aston Villa

Saturday, 14 December 1957

Lost

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Manchester City

Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

Manchester City

Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 77' |

MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 14 December 1957

Match Statistics

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 14 December 1957

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

Aston Villa

Manchester City

Aston Villa

Manchester City

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Man City: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨

Manchester City

PREVIOUS MATCH

Manchester City

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

MATCH SUMMARY

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

🕒 207 | 🟩 | 73 🟨 57 🟥 77 | 1.33

Villa Career Form:

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

MATCH OFFICIALS

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

MANAGER

Aston Villa

MANAGER

Manchester City

SUBSTITUTES

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED

SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

UNAVAILABLE

Media & Commentary

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORTS

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