Game #2443
Aston Villa
Saturday, 27 April 1957
Lost
LWWLL
Division One
Luton Town
Attendance: 28,524
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-3
Luton Town
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Les Smith, scored his third goal in three but Villa lose their final League game of the season, Saturday, 27 April 1957,
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 April 1957
ON THIS DAY
Villa lose their final League game of the season to finish tenth in the table having recorded fourteen wins, fifteen draws and thirteen defeats in forty two Division One games this season under Eric Houghton.
Aston Villa
Luton Town
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Luton Town
Previous 5 vs. Luton: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #183 |
Saturday, 27 April 1957
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-3 |
Last 5 Games | LWWLL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 183 | 🟩 | 66 🟨 53 🟥 64 | 1.37
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
Luton Town
TEAM NEWS
Nigel Sims, Jimmy Dugdale, Les Smith, Billy Myerscough and Johnny Dixon replace Mike Pinner, Stan Crowther, Tommy Southren, Roy Chapman and Peter McParland.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
M Trevor Birch |
M Pat Saward |
W Les Smith |
F Billy Myerscough |
CF Derek Pace |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Johnny Dixon |
MANAGER
Luton Town
Baynham, McNally, Jones, Pearce, Morton, Kelly, Adam (ex), Turner (g) (g), Davies, Cullen, Brown (g).
Manager: Dally Duncan.
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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