Game #2506
Aston Villa
4-3-9, 11 PTS

Saturday, 1 November 1958
21st (-2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB John Sharples | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
W Ken Barrett | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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
Goalkeepers
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB John Sharples | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Ken Barrett | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Forwards
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 |
Team News
Ken Barrett replaces Les Smith.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.28 |
Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 | 31.79 |
Youngest Player |
W Ken Barrett | 🏴 | 20.51 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
🔴 W Ken Barrett | 🏴 | 1958 🕒 5 | ✅ 5 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 - | #465 |
On This Day
One step forward, two steps back as Villa play a top four side for the third successive game but can't reproduce their form from the previous two as they are well beaten narrowly by a Luton side undefeated at home so far this season. Villa drop back to 21st in the table.
Eric Houghton's Villa lose for the ninth time in fourteen to make it four wins, three draws and nine defeats in sixteen division one games so far this season.
Meanwhile, Ken Barrett made his fifth and final Villa appearance aged 20 before moving on to Lincoln City in June 1959.
Starting XI

Lost
1-2
🟥 1 Nov 1958, Villa 1-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road
Scorer(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 35' |
Assist(s) | Jackie Sewell | 35' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 35' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Jackie Sewell
🕒 | HT Luton Town 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 62' Goal, 1-1, (Luton Town), Gordon Turner
🥅 | 75' Goal, 1-2, (Luton Town), Gordon Turner
🕒 | FT Luton Town 2-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #246 |
Saturday, 1 November 1958
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Francis Gerrard | 🏴 | Preston, 1949-1959
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
Officials
Referee: Francis Gerrard | 🏴 | Preston, 1949-1959
Linesmen: C. Coppock (Wembley); S. J. Dent (Cambridge)
Match Stats
Not recorded
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
What they Said
Division One
Luton Town
6-7-2, 19 PTS
Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 18,714
GK Ron Baynham | 🏴 |
D Ken Hawkes | 🏴 |
CB Syd Owen | 🏴 |
RB Seamus Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
M Dave Pacey | 🏴 |
M Bob Morton | 🏴 |
W Billy Bingham | 🇬🇧 |
W Jimmy Adam (ft) | 🏴 |
F Gordon Turner | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F George Cummins | 🇮🇪 |
F Allan Brown | 🏴 |
Syd Owen | 🏴 |
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: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Ron Baynham | 🏴 |
Defenders
D Ken Hawkes | 🏴 |
CB Syd Owen | 🏴 |
Full Backs
RB Seamus Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
Midfielders
M Dave Pacey | 🏴 |
M Bob Morton | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Billy Bingham | 🇬🇧 |
W Jimmy Adam (ft) | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Gordon Turner | 🏴 |
F George Cummins | 🇮🇪 |
F Allan Brown | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1958-59
Playing Squad



































