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Game #2495

Aston Villa

1-1-3, 3 PTS

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Saturday, 6 September 1958

19th (-2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57

Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |

Wingers
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

Forwards
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

None

Team News

Gordon Lee (debut) and Wally Hazelden replace Jimmy Dugdale and Billy Myerscough.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.08 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.64 |

Youngest Player |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.57 |

Debut Appearances

🟢 FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #462 | Youth team promotion

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

2-3

🟥 6 Sep 1958, Villa 2-3 Forest, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Les Smith | 55' | Gerry Hitchens | 62' |

Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 62' |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Gordon Lee
🥅 | 26' Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Jack Burkitt
🥅 | 32' Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest), Tommy Wilson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Nottingham Forest
🥅 | 51' Goal, 0-3, (Nottingham Forest), Tommy Wilson
⚽ | 55' Goal, 1-3, Les Smith
⚽ | 62' Goal, 2-3, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-3 Nottingham Forest

Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #235 |
Saturday, 6 September 1958

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: John Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Prescot, 1955-1967
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: John Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Prescot, 1955-1967
Linesmen: J. W. Hartnett; D. King

Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 56 | 🟩 W31 (55% ) | 🟨 D12 | 🇺(77% ) | 🟥 L13 (23% ) | ⚽ 118 | 🥅 71 | GD 47

Match Stats

Not recorded

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

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Division One

Nottingham Forest

2-2-1, 5 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 31,014

GK Arthur Lightening | 🇿🇦 |
RB Bill Whare | 🇬🇧 |
D Geoff Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bob McKinlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bill Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Burkitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M John Quigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Billy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Stewart Imlach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Roy Dwight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (ex)
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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1897-98

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Arthur Lightening | 🇿🇦 |

Defenders
D Geoff Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bob McKinlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Bill Whare | 🇬🇧 |

Midfielders
M Bill Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Burkitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Quigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Wingers
W Billy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Stewart Imlach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Roy Dwight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
CF Tommy Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

106

106

🔥

0

0

🟩

41

🟨

29

🟥

36

26

🥅

177

FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

1

1

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

0

🟥

1

RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

231

231

🔥

29

6

🟩

81

🟨

67

🟥

83

LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

268

268

🔥

1

2

🟩

104

🟨

70

🟥

94

M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

104

104

🔥

2

8

🟩

38

🟨

29

🟥

37

M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

94

94

🔥

1

3

🟩

33

🟨

21

🟥

40

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

99

99

🔥

22

31

🟩

41

🟨

28

🟥

30

W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

182

182

🔥

53

25

🟩

59

🟨

53

🟥

70

F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

12

12

🔥

3

2

🟩

4

🟨

3

🟥

5

F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

109

109

🔥

34

21

🟩

37

🟨

32

🟥

40

CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

27

27

🔥

12

5

🟩

11

🟨

5

🟥

11

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • A shocking first half performance from Villa sets them on their way to a third successive defeat with 15 goals conceded as they slump closer to the bottom of the table.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa suffer a third successive defeat and have now shipped fifteen goals in three games as they lose at home for the first time this season. As a result Villa's previous eight game unbeaten run is a distant memory as they make it one win, one draw and three defeats in five division one games so far this season, scoring ten and conceding eighteen. 

  • Meanwhile, full back Gordon Lee made his Villa debut aged 24 after moving from Hednesford Town in October 1955.

What they Said

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