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Game #2448

Aston Villa

1-0-3, 2 PTS

Wednesday, 4 September 1957

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Lost

20th (-3)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Leeds United

2-0-2, 4 PTS

Elland Road

Attendance: 22,685

🟥 4 Sep 1957, Villa 0-4 Leeds, Elland Road

Leeds United

4-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 4 Sep 1957, Villa 0-4 Leeds, Elland Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 4 September 1957

🥅 | 43' Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), Hugh Baird
🕒 | HT Leeds United 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 65' Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), George O’Brien
🥅 | 66' Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), Hugh Baird
🥅 | 68' Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), Harold Brook
🕒 | FT Leeds United 4-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 4 Sep 1957, Villa 0-4 Leeds, Elland Road

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 4 September 1957

Eric Houghton's Villa lose for the third time this season as they suffer a heavy defeat at Elland Road to make it a single win and three defeats in four division one games as a poor start to the campaign continues.

🟥 4 Sep 1957, Villa 0-4 Leeds, Elland Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57

Leeds United

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Leeds United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leeds United

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

🟥 4 Sep 1957, Villa 0-4 Leeds, Elland Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #188 |
Wednesday, 4 September 1957

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🟥 4 Sep 1957, Villa 0-4 Leeds, Elland Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
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Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 188 | 🟩 | 68 🟨 53 🟥 67 | 1.37

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

🟥 4 Sep 1957, Villa 0-4 Leeds, Elland Road

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 4 Sep 1957, Villa 0-4 Leeds, Elland Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.96 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.76 |

Youngest Player |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.02 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 4 Sep 1957, Villa 0-4 Leeds, Elland Road

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Raich Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leeds United

GK Roy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jimmy Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jack Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Grenville Hair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Keith Ripley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eric Kerfoot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jackie Overfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W George Meek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F George O’Brien | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Hugh Baird | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Harold Brook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 4 Sep 1957, Villa 0-4 Leeds, Elland Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 4 Sep 1957, Villa 0-4 Leeds, Elland Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Squad Bios

🟥 4 Sep 1957, Villa 0-4 Leeds, Elland Road

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

SQUAD STATS

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Leeds XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 4 Sep 1957, Villa 0-4 Leeds, Elland Road

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 4 Sep 1957, Villa 0-4 Leeds, Elland Road

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