Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,654 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #458
Appearances:
62
Starts:
62
Goals:
4
Seasons:
2
Source: Football card #4 Stan Crowther issued by J F Sporting Collectibles, Leicester under the 1950s Footballers series, second series.
Source: Football card #4 Stan Crowther issued by J F Sporting Collectibles, Leicester under the 1950s Footballers series, second series.
Stan Crowther
Position
Midfielder
From
1956-57
To
1957-58
IMAGE CREDIT
Stan Crowther
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
20 | 21 |
Division
D1 | D1 |
Appearances
62 |
33 | 29 |
Starts
62 |
33 | 29 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 |
Goals
4 |
0 | 4 |
*Age on opening day of the season
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
FULL SEASON BREAKDOWN
Stanley Crowther
Birth Date
Tuesday, 3 September 1935
Birth Place
Bilston, Wolverhampton
Birth Country
England
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Bilston Town
From
For
£750
On
August 1955
Previous Clubs
Stonefield Secondary Modern School |
Bilston Town |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Manchester United
For
£18,000
On
February 1958
Subsequent Clubs
1958 Manchester United |
1958-61 Chelsea |
1961 Brighton & Hove Albion |
Hednesford Town |
Rugby Town |
Source: Football card #4 Stan Crowther issued by J F Sporting Collectibles, Leicester under the 1950s Footballers series, second series.
Source: Football card #4 Stan Crowther issued by J F Sporting Collectibles, Leicester under the 1950s Footballers series, second series.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1956-58 Aston Villa, £750, 62 | 4 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
Eric Houghton |
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 29 September 1956
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 29 September 1956
Bolton Wanderers (h), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Saturday, 9 November 1957
Final Appearance
Saturday, 8 February 1958
Leicester City (a), Division One
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 8 February 1958
Honours
1956-57 FA Cup Winners |
Height
Foot
International Team
Not selected
Died
28 May 2014, Aged 78
Stan Crowther
Player #458 for Aston Villa, Stanley Crowther, known as Stan Crowther, played as a midfielder for the club in the wing half position.
Stan played for Villa in 1956-57 and 1957-58 making 62 appearances and scoring 4 goals.
Stan was born in Bilston, just 11 miles from Villa Park, on 3 September 1935 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 29 September 1956 aged 21.
Villa had signed Stan from Bilston Town for a fee of £750 in August 1955.
During his short time with Villa Stan won the 1957 FA Cup with 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.
Disappointingly however Stan was to leave the Villa for Manchester United as they went on a hiring spree following the Munich air disaster that decimated the United squad with Stan being signed just hours before his new team - and he - were due to kick off against Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup.
Stan played his final game for Villa on Saturday, 8 February 1958 aged just 22 before United paid £18,000 for his services, a tidy profit after just 3 years with the club and a £750 investment but it was no coincidence that the following season, a below strength Villa squad was relegated.
For Stan the immediate future was also uncertain. Despite Manchester United’s large outlay he was soon on the move again, this time to Chelsea in December 1958 for £10,000 where we remained for 3 seasons without making a great impact.
Whilst Villa returned to the top flight and new boss Joe Mercer bled a new raft of youngsters into the Villa team, Stan’s career became nomadic and he quit the game in 1962 still only 27 allegedly disillusioned with life was a footballer.
An unnecessary waste yet had Stan remained with Villa, Vic Crowe would not have had his second chance and the club would have lost a true legend, both as a player and a manager, that Stan’s rival became.
Stan had played his Villa career under manager Eric Houghton.
Stan passed away in Wolverhampton on 28 May 2014 aged 78.