Game #2496
Aston Villa
1-1-4, 3 PTS
Monday, 8 September 1958
19th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB John Sharples | 🏴 | 🟢 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴 |
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
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
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
Team News
Jimmy Dugdale, John Sharples (debut) and Johnny Dixon replace Peter Aldis, Vic Crowe and Jackie Sewell.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.71 |
Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | 34.77 |
Youngest Player |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴 | 17.58 |
Debut Appearances
🟢 FB John Sharples | 🏴 | #463 | Youth team promotion
Final Appearances
None
Lost
1-3
🟥 8 Sep 1958, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 6' |
Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 6' |
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1' Debut, John Sharples
⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🥅 | 12' Goal, 1-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Peter Broadbent
🥅 | 24' Goal, 1-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Jimmy Murray
🥅 | 29' Goal, 1-3, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Colin Booth
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #236 |
Monday, 8 September 1958
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Reg Leafe | 🏴 | Nottingham, 1948-1960
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Officials
Referee: Reg Leafe | 🏴 | Nottingham, 1948-1960
Linesmen: J. Finney; C. E. E. Russell
Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 78 | 🟩 W33 (42% ) | 🟨 D18 | 🇺(65% ) | 🟥 L27 (35% ) | ⚽ 153 | 🥅 128 | GD 25
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Division One
Wolverhampton Wanderers
3-1-2, 7 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 43,138
GK Malcolm Finlayson | 🏴 |
LB Gerry Harris | 🏴 |
CB Billy Wright | 🏴 |
D Bill Slater | 🏴 |
RB Eddie Stuart | 🇿🇦 |
M Eddie Clamp | 🏴 |
M Peter Broadbent | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Norman Deeley | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Mullen | 🏴 |
F Colin Booth | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Jimmy Murray | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Stan Cullis | 🏴 |
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: 1957-58
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Another torrid first half is followed by a much improved performance but to no avail. Villa concede three again, lost a fourth successive game and have now shipped 21 goals across that spell.
Eric Houghton's Villa suffer a fourth successive defeat for the first time since October 1953 and have now shipped eighteen goals in four games as they lose at home for the second time this season. As a result Villa make it one win, one draw and four defeats in six division one games so far this season, scoring eleven and conceding twenty one with an unexpected season of struggle looking inevitable.
Meanwhile, full back John Sharples made his Villa debut aged 24 after moving from Heath Town in October 1955.
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