Appearances:
146 |
Starts:
146 |
Substitute:
0 |
Unused:
0 |
Goals:
40 |
Games per Goal:
3.65 |
Assists:
0 |
Goal Involvements:
40 |
Player #447
Source: Football card #21 Jackie Sewell issued by Chix Confectionery under the Famous Footballers series, third series, 1958.
Source: Football card #21 Jackie Sewell issued by Chix Confectionery under the Famous Footballers series, third series, 1958.
Born:
Citizenship:
Position:
From:
To:
Seasons:
Bookings:
Red Cards:
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Forward
1955-56
1959-60
5
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0 |
Jackie Sewell
Jackie Sewell
Seasons Quick-View
Season
1955-56 | 1956-57 | 1957-58 | 1958-59 | 1959-60 |
Age
28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D2 |
Squad #
# | # | # | # | # |
Appearances
18 | 48 | 40 | 38 | 2 |
Starts
18 | 48 | 40 | 38 | 2 |
Subs
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
3 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Assists
0 |
Bookings
0 |
Red Cards
0 |
Games / Goals
2.00 |
Goal
Involvements
1 |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Goalkeeping Statistics
Season
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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1955-56 | 1956-57 | 1957-58 | 1958-59 | 1959-60 |
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⛔ %
🥅 : Goals Conceded; 🔢 : Goals Conceded per Game; ⛔ : Clean Sheets.
John Sewell
Birth Date
24 January 1927
Birth Place
Kells, Whitehaven, Cumbria
Birth Country
England
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Citizenship
England
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams
Kells Centre FC |
Whitehaven Town |
1946-51 Notts County |
1951-55 Sheffield Wednesday |
Transfer in
Aged
28
From
Sheffield Wednesday
For
£20,000
On
December 1955
Under
Eric Houghton
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
Under
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
Aged
32
Hull City
To
For
Free
On
October 1959
Under
Joe Mercer
Subsequent Clubs
1959-61 Hull City |
1961-65 City of Lusaka, Zambia |
Died
26 September 2016, Aged 89
Villa Career
1955-59 £0.02m, 146 | 40 | #447 |
Appearances
Unused
146
0
Goals
40
Played Under
Eric Houghton
Joe Mercer
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
(First Squad)
Manager
First Goal
1955-56
3 December 1955
Sheffield United (a), Division One
28
No Substitutes in Period
3 December 1955
Appearances
Goals
146
40
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
1959-60
26 August 1959
Sunderland (a), Division Two
Aged
Manager
(Final Squad)
Manager
32
No Substitutes in Period
Honours
1956-57 FA Cup Winners |
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
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England
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Caps with Villa
Jackie Sewell
Source: Football card #21 Jackie Sewell issued by Chix Confectionery under the Famous Footballers series, third series, 1958.
Source: Football card #21 Jackie Sewell issued by Chix Confectionery under the Famous Footballers series, third series, 1958.
Player #452 for Aston Villa, John Sewell, known as Jackie Sewell, played as a forward for the club.
Jackie played for Villa between 1955-56 and 1959-60 making 146 appearances and scoring 40 goals.
Jackie was born in Kells Village, Whitehaven on 24 January 1927 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 3 December 1955 aged 28.
Few players can have made as much effort as Jackie to fit professional football into their life.
Even whilst a player with Notts County, and still a resident of his native Cumbria, Jackie would work his Friday shift in the local mineworks before traversing the country to Nottingham, via Carlisle and Derby, before reaching his destination - and a kick off date just a few hours later - in the early hours of Saturday morning.
That effort must have stood Jackie in good stead as he earned a move from Notts County to Sheffield Wednesday in 1951 which made him the most expensive footballer in Britain at a fee of £34,500.
Villa themselves signed Jackie from Sheffield Wednesday as a relative veteran aged 28 for a fee of £20,000 earlier in December 1955 and he would go on to appear for Villa 18 times, scoring twice, in his debut season. Indeed Jackie made a goalscoring debut against of all teams his old Steel City rivals Sheffield United.
During his time with Villa Jackie won the 1957 FA Cup and was an ever present throughout the victorious 1956-57 FA Cup campaign including the 2-1 triumph over Manchester United in the final held at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 99,225 when Peter McParland scored twice to win Villa the Cup for a record seventh time.
However Jackie also experienced lows with Villa - playing 31 times and scoring 6 in Villa’s ultimately fruitless fight against relegation in 1958-59.
In Villa’s Second Division championship winning season Jackie made just two appearances for Villa with his last game coming on Wednesday, 26 August 1959 - aged 32 - before moving on to Hull City in October 1959
Jackie had played his Villa career under managers Eric Houghton and Joe Mercer.
Jackie passed away in Nottingham on 26 September 2016 aged 89.