Game #2477
Aston Villa
Saturday, 8 February 1958
Lost
18th (-2)
WLLDL
Division One
Attendance: 25,535
Leicester City
Filbert Street
Leicester City
6-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Tommy Southren, scored but Villa are hammered at Filbert Street, Saturday, 8 February 1958.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 8 February 1958
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
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
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 |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 217 | 🟩 | 76 🟨 60 🟥 81 | 1.33
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Leicester City
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
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 |
MANAGER
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
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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