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Game #2456

Aston Villa

3-2-7, 8 PTS

Saturday, 5 October 1957

Lost

17th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Manchester United

Attendance: 43,332

Old Trafford

7-1-3, 15 PTS

Manchester United

4-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Jackie Hinchcliffe | 55' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa, shorn of desperately needed quality, are beaten heavily for the second successive game.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 October 1957

🥅 | 15' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Ernie Taylor
🥅 | 32' Goal, 0-2, (Manchester United), Jimmy Dugdale o.g.
🕒 | HT Manchester United 2-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 55' Goal, 1-2, Derek Pace, Assist by Jackie Hinchcliffe
🥅 | 62' Goal, 1-3, (Manchester United), David Pegg
🥅 | 68' Goal, 1-4, (Manchester United), Ernie Taylor
🕒 | FT Manchester United 4-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Eric Houghton's Villa lose successive games and have now conceded eight goals in the last two matches to make it three wins, two draws and seven defeats in twelve division one games this season.

Meanwhile winger Jackie Hinchcliffe contributes an assist on debut for Derek Pace's consolation goal.

Aston Villa

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

Manchester United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #196 |
Saturday, 5 October 1957

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: E. R. Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chester, -1957
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 196 | 🟩 | 70 🟨 55 🟥 71 | 1.35

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: E. R. Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chester, -1957
Matches officiated:
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Manchester United

None

TEAM NEWS

Jackie Hinchliffe (debut), Pat Saward and Billy Myerscough replace Tommy Southren, Peter McParland and Johnny Dixon.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.51 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.72 |

Youngest Player |
M Jackie Hinchliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.35 |

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
M Jackie Hinchliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔥 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Matt Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester United

GK Ray Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Roger Byrne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill Foulkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Colman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Wilf McGuinness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W David Pegg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Johnny Berry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ernie Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Liam Whelan | 🇮🇪 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

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Player

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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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

🟢 M Jackie Hinchliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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