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Game #2477

Saturday, 8 February 1958

Attendance: 25,535

Lost

Division One

18th (-2)

Leicester City

WLLDL

Filbert Street

Leicester City

6-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Tommy Southren, scored but Villa are hammered at Filbert Street, Saturday, 8 February 1958.

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ON THIS DAY

Eric Houghton's Villa suffer their heaviest defeat of the season to date as they are hammered at Filbert Street to make it nine wins, five draws and fifteen defeats in twenty nine division one games.

Meanwhile, Stan Crowther made his final appearance for Villa aged 23 before moving to Manchester United later this month in the aftermath of the Munich Air Disaster.

Crowther played for Villa in 1956-57 and 1957-58 making 62 appearances and scoring 4 goals

Aston Villa

Leicester City

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #217 |
Saturday, 8 February 1958

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-6 |
Last 5 Games | WLLDL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Leicester City

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

Tommy Southren replaces Wally Hazelden.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.38 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 31.06 |

Youngest Player |
M Stan Crowther | 22.45 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Eric Houghton

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims |
FB Les Jones |
FB Stan Lynn |
M Stan Crowther |
M Pat Saward |
M Vic Crowe |
W Les Smith |
W Tommy Southren |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Peter McParland |
F Gerry Hitchens |

Leicester City

Anderson, Cunningham, Baillie, King, Russell, Walker (g), Hogg (g) (g), Riley (g) (g), Hines, Walsh, Morris. Manager: Dave Halliday.

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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