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Game #2454

Aston Villa

3-2-5, 8 PTS

Saturday, 28 September 1957

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Won

14th (+4)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division One

Leicester City

2-0-8. 4 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 31,691

🟩 28 Sep 1957, Villa 5-1 Leicester, Villa Park

Aston Villa

5-1

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Leicester City

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🟩 28 Sep 1957, Villa 5-1 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 28 September 1957

⚽ | 17' Goal, 1-0, Jackie Sewell
⚽ | 24' Goal, 2-0, Tommy Southren, Assist by Derek Pace
⚽ | 25' Goal, 3-0, Jackie Sewell, Assist by Derek Pace
⚽ | 40' Goal, 4-0, Stan Lynn (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-0 Leicester City
🥅 | 76' Goal, 4-1, (Leicester City), Johnny Morris
⚽ | 88' Goal, 5-1, Peter McParland, Assist by Derek Pace
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Leicester City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 28 Sep 1957, Villa 5-1 Leicester, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 28 September 1957

Eric Houghton's Villa bounce back from a fifth defeat in nine to record Villa's biggest win of the season to date as Leicester are dispatched with ease at Villa Park to make it three wins, two draws and five defeats in ten division one games this season.

🟩 28 Sep 1957, Villa 5-1 Leicester, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Leicester City

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

Aston Villa

Leicester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

🟩 28 Sep 1957, Villa 5-1 Leicester, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #194 |
Saturday, 28 September 1957

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🟩 28 Sep 1957, Villa 5-1 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Ken Collinge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hale, -1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 194 | 🟩 | 70 🟨 55 🟥 69 | 1.37

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

🟩 28 Sep 1957, Villa 5-1 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ken Collinge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hale, -1961
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 28 Sep 1957, Villa 5-1 Leicester, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Stan Lynn, Stan Crowther, Tommy Southren and Derek Pace replace Dennis Jackson, Vic Crowe, Roy Chapman and Billy Myerscough.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.87 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.82 |

Youngest Player |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.08 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 28 Sep 1957, Villa 5-1 Leicester, Villa Park

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 Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Dave Halliday | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK John Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Willie Cunningham | 🇬🇧 |
CB Gordon Fincham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Milburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Derek Hogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Billy Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Willie Gardiner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Johnny Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 28 Sep 1957, Villa 5-1 Leicester, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 28 Sep 1957, Villa 5-1 Leicester, Villa Park

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

🟩 28 Sep 1957, Villa 5-1 Leicester, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 28 Sep 1957, Villa 5-1 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 28 Sep 1957, Villa 5-1 Leicester, Villa Park

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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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