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Game #2468

Aston Villa

6-4-13, 16 PTS

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Saturday, 21 December 1957

20th (-2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |

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

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Wingers
W Les J Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

Injury | 3 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Team News

Johnny Dixon and Gerry Hitchens (debut) replace Wally Hazelden and Derek Pace.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.38 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.05 |

Youngest Player |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.32 |

Debut Appearances

🟢 CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #460 | £22,500 signing from Cardiff

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

0-2

🟥 21 Dec 1957, Villa 0-2 Birmingham, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
🥅 | 58' Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham City), Eddy Brown
❌ | Missed penalty, Stan Lynn
🥅 | 74' Goal, 0-2, (Birmingham City), Noel Kinsey
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Birmingham City

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #208 |
Saturday, 21 December 1957

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: William Hickson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wigan, 1957-1959
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: William Hickson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wigan, 1957-1959
Linesmen: T. L. Davies; J. Finney

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 61 | 🟩 25 | 🟨 20 | 🟥 16 | ⚽ 105 | 🥅 82 |
League 🕒 58 | 🟩 23 | 🟨 19 | 🟥 16 | ⚽ 100 | 🥅 82 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
Home 🕒 30 | 🟩 15 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 5 | ⚽ 56 | 🥅 38 |
Away 🕒 31 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 11 | ⚽ 49 | 🥅 44 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

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Division One

Birmingham City

7-7-9, 21 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 41,118

GK Gil Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Farmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jeff Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dick Neal Jr. | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Hooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gordon Astall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Peter Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bunny Larkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Noel Kinsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Eddy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Arthur Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Gil Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Trevor Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Brian Farmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jeff Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Dick Neal Jr. | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Harry Hooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gordon Astall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Peter Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bunny Larkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Noel Kinsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Eddy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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On This Day
  • Villa's troubles continue to such an extent that they lose home and away in a season to neighbours Birmingham for the first time since the 1905-06 season.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa lose successive games as they are beaten by neighbours Birmingham for the second time this season to make it six wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in twenty three division one games. 

  • Meanwhile, Gerry Hitchens made his Villa debut aged 23 after moving from Cardiff City earlier this month.

Starting XI
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

79

79

🔥

0

0

🟩

30

🟨

23

🟥

26

22

🥅

118

RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

204

204

🔥

21

6

🟩

70

🟨

61

🟥

73

CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

86

86

🔥

1

1

🟩

32

🟨

25

🟥

29

LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

249

249

🔥

1

2

🟩

95

🟨

65

🟥

89

M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

71

71

🔥

1

3

🟩

25

🟨

16

🟥

30

M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

55

55

🔥

4

1

🟩

21

🟨

17

🟥

17

M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

79

79

🔥

2

7

🟩

27

🟨

24

🟥

28

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

74

74

🔥

17

23

🟩

30

🟨

23

🟥

21

W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

155

155

🔥

45

20

🟩

48

🟨

47

🟥

60

F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

390

390

🔥

141

59

🟩

149

🟨

102

🟥

139

CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

1

1

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

0

🟥

1

Substitutes
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GK Sub

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Sub 1

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Sub 2

🟩

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Sub 3

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Sub 4

🟩

🟨

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Sub 5

🟩

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Match Media
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