Game #2477
Aston Villa
9-5-15, 23 PTS
Saturday, 8 February 1958
Leicester City
6-1
Aston Villa
Division One
Leicester City
9-3-17, 21 PTS
Filbert Street
Attendance: 25,535
Lost
17th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Assist(s) | Jackie Sewell | 27' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 8 February 1958
🥅 | 3' Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Don Walker
🥅 | 7' Goal, 0-2, (Leicester City), Stan Lynn o.g.
⚽ | 27' Goal, 1-2, Tommy Southren, Assist by Jackie Sewell
🥅 | 43' Goal, 1-3, (Leicester City), Howard Riley
🥅 | 44' Goal, 1-4, (Leicester City), Derek Hogg
🕒 | HT Leicester City 4-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 70' Goal, 1-5, (Leicester City), Derek Hogg
🥅 | 87' Goal, 1-6, (Leicester City), Howard Riley
🕒 | FT Leicester City 6-1 Aston Villa
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
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Leicester City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #217 |
Saturday, 8 February 1958
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: D. T. Blues | 🏴 | Richmond, -1958
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-6
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 217 | 🟩 | 76 🟨 60 🟥 81 | 1.33
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: D. T. Blues | 🏴 | Richmond, -1958
Matches Officiated: 0
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
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
Dave Halliday | 🏴 |
Leicester City
GK John Anderson | 🏴 |
D Willie Cunningham | 🇬🇧 |
D Joe Baillie | 🏴 |
CB Ian King | 🏴 |
M Eddie Russell | 🏴 |
M Don Walker | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Howard Riley | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Derek Hogg | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Jimmy Walsh | 🏴 |
CF Derek Hines | 🏴 |
CF Johnny Morris | 🏴 |
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
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
SQUAD STATS
Leicester XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 4 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
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
🔴 M Stan Crowther | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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