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Game #2467

Saturday, 14 December 1957

Attendance: 24,767

Lost

Division One

18th (-1)

Manchester City

DLDWL

Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

Manchester City

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Peter McParland, scored but Villa lose for a twelfth time in twenty two League games, Saturday, 14 December 1957.

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MATCH TIMELINE

ON THIS DAY

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.

Aston Villa

Manchester City

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-2 |
Last 5 Games | DLDWL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Manchester City

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

MANAGER

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 |

Manchester City

Trautmann, Leivers, Ewing, Sear, Barnes, Barlow, Warhurst, Hayes (g), Fagan, McAdams, Johnstone. Manager: Les McDowall.

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

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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