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Game #2473

Aston Villa

9-4-13, 22 PTS

Saturday, 11 January 1958

Aston Villa

5-2

Sunderland

Division One

Sunderland

6-7-13, 19 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 22,645

Won

16th (+2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 10' | Les Smith | 33' 41' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa make it five unbeaten but more importantly win for the third successive league game to push them up to 16th in the table.

KEY MAN

Stan Lynn, scored a hat-trick, including two from the spot to earn Villa a third consecutive League win, Saturday, 11 January 1958.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 11 January 1958

⚽ | 5' Goal, 1-0, Stan Lynn (pen)
⚽ | 10' Goal, 2-0, Billy Myerscough, Assist by Peter McParland
🥅 | 12' Goal, 2-1, (Sunderland), Colin Grainger
🥅 | 22' Goal, 2-2, (Sunderland), Charlie Fleming
🚑 | 25' Player left field of play with injury, Jimmy Dugdale
⚽ | 29' Goal, 3-2, Stan Lynn (pen)
⚽ | 33' Goal, 3-2, Jackie Sewell, Assist by Les Smith
🚑 | 38' Player returns to field of play with injury, Jimmy Dugdale
⚽ | 41' Goal, 5-2, Stan Lynn, Assist by Les Smith
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 5-2 Sunderland
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-2 Sunderland

ON THIS DAY

Eric Houghton's Villa win three successive League games for the first time this season to make it nine wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in twenty six division one games.

Aston Villa

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

Sunderland

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Sunderland

Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #213 |
Saturday, 11 January 1958

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Arthur Jobling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Morecambe, 1958-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 5-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 213 | 🟩 | 76 🟨 59 🟥 78 | 1.35

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Jobling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Morecambe, 1958-1963
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

TEAM NEWS

George Ashfield and Billy Myerscough replace Peter Aldis and Wally Hazelden.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.99 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.99 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23.28 |

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sunderland

GK Willie Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Billy Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Joe McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Charles Hurley | 🇮🇪 |
WH Graham Reed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Grainger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Amby Fogarty | 🇮🇪 |
W Billy Bingham | 🇬🇧 |
F Don Revie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Charlie Fleming | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 5 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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