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Game #2457

Aston Villa

3-2-8, 8 PTS

Saturday, 12 October 1957

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Lost

19th (-2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division One

Chelsea

5-3-4, 13 PTS

Stamford Bridge

Attendance: 40,769

🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

Chelsea

4-2

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Aston Villa

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🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 October 1957

🥅 | 19' Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Tony Nicholas
🥅 | 34' Goal, 0-2, (Chelsea), Tony Nicholas
🕒 | HT Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49' Goal, 0-3, (Chelsea), Ron Tindall
⚽ | 59' Goal, 1-3, Jackie Sewell
🥅 | 62' Goal, 1-4, (Chelsea), Ron Tindall
⚽ | 81' Goal, 2-4, Peter McParland
🕒 | FT Chelsea 4-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 October 1957
  • Villa, fully without five first-teamers, put in an improved performance but are beaten for the third consecutive away game to leave the club in 19th placed and facing a season of struggle.

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

  • Meanwhile, Jackie Hinchliffe made his second and final appearance for Villa aged 19 before moving to Workington in June 1958; whilst full back Roy Pritchard made his final Villa appearance aged 32 before moving to Notts County in November 1958. Pritchard played for Villa between 1955-56 and 1957-58 making three appearances.

🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1956-57 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 - | #450 |
🔴 M Jackie Hinchliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1957 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 - | #458 |

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Chelsea

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55

FIXTURE HISTORY
Chelsea
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Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #197 |
Saturday, 12 October 1957

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🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Leslie Hamer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1957-1968
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Leslie Hamer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1957-1968

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Roy Pritchard, George Ashfield, Roy Chapman and Peter McParland replace Peter Aldis, Jimmy Dugdale, Vic Crowe and Derek Pace.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.12 |

Oldest Player |
FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.45 |

Youngest Player |
M Jackie Hinchliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.37 |

Referee

🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
M Jackie Hinchcliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Roy Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ted Drake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Chelsea

GK Reg Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Sillett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dick Whittaker | 🇮🇪 |
M John Mortimore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Derek Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Micky Block | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Brabrook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jimmy Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Ron Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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

🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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

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

🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 6 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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