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Game #2480
1956-57
Position:
Division One
Sheffield Wednesday
Villa Park
Attendance: 28,134
Saturday, 13 April 1957
Aston Villa
5-0
Sheffield Wednesday
Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | Peter McParland | Jackie Sewell | Billy Myerscough | Les Smith |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
AT A GLANCE
Game #2480
Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #178 |
Saturday, 13 April 1957
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 5-0 |
Last 5 Games | LDDWW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
MATCH INCIDENTS
Villa
Sheffield Wednesday
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
💥+ | Incidents e.g. penalty awarded
💥- | Incidents e.g. penalty conceded, goal disallowed
💥 | Incidents e.g. refused clear pen
🆘 | Notably poor refereeing performance
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
TEAM NEWS
Arthur Sabin (debut), Stan Lynn, Pat Saward, Billy Myerscough, Jackie Sewell and Peter McParland replace Nigel Sims, Dennis Jackson, Trevor Birch, Tommy Southren, Derek Pace and Roy Chapman.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Eric Houghton
STAFF
STARTING LINE UP
GK Arthur Sabin |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
M Stan Crowther |
M Pat Saward |
W Les Smith |
F Billy Myerscough |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Jackie Sewell |
CF Peter McParland |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
THE OPPOSITION
Pllu, Swan, McEvoy, Curtis, Martin, McAnearney, Broadbent, Shiner, Wilkinson, Froggatt, Quixall.
Manager: Jack Marshall.
ex: Also played for the Villa
g: Scored
s/o: Sent off
s-: Sub off; s+: Sub on
ON THIS DAY
Villa record their biggest win of the season to make it twelve wins, fifteen draws and ten defeats in thirty seven Division One games this season under Eric Houghton.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Arthur Sabin made his Villa debut aged 18 after joining from Youth football in June 1955.
Peter McParland, scored a brace to help Villa to their biggest win of the season, Saturday, 13 April 1957.
MATCH TIMELINE
MANAGER WATCH
POSITION
MATCH PROGRAMME
MATCH PROGRAMME
QUOTES
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