Game #2479
Aston Villa
Saturday, 1 March 1958
Won
16th (+1)
LDLLW
Division One
Attendance: 40,135
Newcastle United
St James' Park
Newcastle United
2-4
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Gerry Hitchens, scored a brace to earn Villa a tenth win of the season, Saturday, 1 March 1958.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 1 March 1958
ON THIS DAY
Eric Houghton's Villa win for the first time in six to make it ten wins, five draws and sixteen defeats in thirty one division one games. Despite the 30% win rate, Houghton's team have delivered six of those wins with strong scorelines of 5-1, 4-3, 5-2, 3-0, 5-2 and 4-2.
Aston Villa
Newcastle United
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1954-55
FIXTURE HISTORY
Newcastle United
Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #219 |
Saturday, 1 March 1958
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 4-2 |
Last 5 Games | LDLLW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 219 | 🟩 | 77 🟨 60 🟥 82 | 1.33
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Newcastle United
TEAM NEWS
Peter Aldis and Wally Hazelden replace Tommy Southren and Les Jones.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.79 |
Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 31.12 |
Youngest Player |
F Wally Hazelden | 17.05 |
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
M Pat Saward |
M Vic Crowe |
W Les Smith |
F Wally Hazelden |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Peter McParland |
F Gerry Hitchens |
MANAGER
Newcastle United
Mitchell S, McKinney, McMichael, Stokoe, Franks, Scoular, Mitchell B (g), Bottom (g), Curry, Tait, Eastham. Manager: Stan Seymour.
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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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