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Game #2459

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 22 October 1957

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Lost

Final

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Charity Shield

Manchester United

Old Trafford

Attendance: 27,923

🟥 22 Oct 1957, Villa 0-4 United, Old Trafford

Manchester United

4-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 22 Oct 1957, Villa 0-4 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 22 October 1957

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester United
🥅 | 50' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Ernie Taylor
🥅 | 54' Goal, 0-2, (Manchester United), Ernie Taylor
🥅 | 70' Goal, 0-3, (Manchester United), Ernie Taylor
🥅 | 87' Goal, 0-4, (Manchester United, pen), Johnny Berry
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-4 Manchester United

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

🟥 22 Oct 1957, Villa 0-4 United, Old Trafford

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 22 October 1957
  • Four second half goals put paid to Villa's chances of holding the Charity Shield once again.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa lose heavily in the utterly meaningless Charity Shield.

🟥 22 Oct 1957, Villa 0-4 United, Old Trafford

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Manchester United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester United
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Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

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

Manchester United

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Manchester United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 22 Oct 1957, Villa 0-4 United, Old Trafford

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #15 |
Manager Game | #199 |
Tuesday, 22 October 1957

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🟥 22 Oct 1957, Villa 0-4 United, Old Trafford

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Kevin Howley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingham, 1956-1971
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
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

🟥 22 Oct 1957, Villa 0-4 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Kevin Howley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingham, 1956-1971

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

🟥 22 Oct 1957, Villa 0-4 United, Old Trafford

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Stan Lynn and Les Smith replace George Ashfield and Johnny Dixon.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.31 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.76 |

Youngest Player |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.15 |

Referee

🟥 22 Oct 1957, Villa 0-4 United, Old Trafford

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jackie Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
M Duncan Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Freddie Goodwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W David Pegg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny Berry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ernie Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Liam Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
CF Dennis Viollet | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 22 Oct 1957, Villa 0-4 United, Old Trafford

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

🟥 22 Oct 1957, Villa 0-4 United, Old Trafford

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

🟥 22 Oct 1957, Villa 0-4 United, Old Trafford

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

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

🟥 22 Oct 1957, Villa 0-4 United, Old Trafford

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 22 Oct 1957, Villa 0-4 United, Old Trafford

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 22 Oct 1957, Villa 0-4 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 22 Oct 1957, Villa 0-4 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟥 22 Oct 1957, Villa 0-4 United, Old Trafford

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