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Game #2461

Aston Villa

5-2-9, 12 PTS

Saturday, 2 November 1957

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Won

18th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Portsmouth

5-2-8, 12 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 28,773

🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Portsmouth

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Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 5' | Les Smith | 9' |

🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 2 November 1957

⚽ | 5' Goal, 1-0, Tommy Southren, Assist by Peter McParland
⚽ | 9' Goal, 2-0, Derek Pace, Assist by Les Smith
🥅 | 10' Goal, 2-1, (Portsmouth), Stenhouse
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Portsmouth
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Portsmouth

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

🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 2 November 1957
  • Villa follow up their worst of the season with one of their best, although the opposition was less than impressive. You can only beat what is front of you however and Villa return a desperately needed win and two points with two early goals to at least stabilise their position in the league for now.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa win for the second time in three League games to make it five wins, two draws and nine defeats in sixteen division one games this season.

🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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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

Portsmouth

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1949-50

FIXTURE HISTORY
Portsmouth
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Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨

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

🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #201 |
Saturday, 2 November 1957

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🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Frank Collinge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rochdale, 1957-1958
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
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

🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Frank Collinge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rochdale, 1957-1958

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

🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

George Ashfield, Tommy Southren and Ken Roberts replace Peter Aldis, Billy Myerscough and Roy Chapman.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.13 |

Oldest Player |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.28 |

Youngest Player |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 21.62 |

Referee

🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Eddie Lever | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Portsmouth

GK Norman Uprichard | 🇬🇧 |
CB Cyril Rutter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Phil Gunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Dickinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alec Stenhouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
IF Johnny Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jackie Henderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
CF Bill Albury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, 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

🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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

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

🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 6 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park

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