Game #2475
Saturday, 18 January 1958
Attendance: 16,619
Lost
Division One
17th (-1)
Luton Town
DDWLL
Kenilworth Road
Luton Town
3-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa lose to end a run of three successive League games to make it nine wins, four draws and fourteen defeats in twenty seven division one games.
Meanwhile, centre back George Ashfield made his final appearance for Villa aged 23 before moving on to Chester in February 1959.
Ashfield played for Villa between 1955-56 and 1957-58 making 10 appearances.
Aston Villa
Luton Town
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Luton Town
Previous 5 vs. Luton: | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #215 |
Saturday, 18 January 1958
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-3 |
Last 5 Games | DDWLL |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Luton Town
TEAM NEWS
Trevor Birch and Tommy Southren replace Pat Saward and Les Smith.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.23 |
Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 31.01 |
Youngest Player |
M Stan Crowther | 22.39 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Houghton
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims |
CB George Ashfield |
FB Stan Lynn |
M Stan Crowther |
M Trevor Birch |
M Vic Crowe |
W Tommy Southren |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Peter McParland |
F Gerry Hitchens |
F Billy Myerscough |
Luton Town
Baynham, Hawkes, Dunne, Pearce, Owen, Morton, Groves, Adam (ex) (g), Turner (g), McLeod (g), Brown. Managers: Dally Duncan, Jack Crompton
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
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