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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

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

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 2 November 1957

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

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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

Aston Villa

Portsmouth

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Portsmouth

Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨

🟩 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, -1958
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
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

🕒 201 | 🟩 | 72 🟨 55 🟥 74 | 1.35

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Frank Collinge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rochdale, -1958
Matches officiated:
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 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
Manager

🟩 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F 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

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 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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Reports

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

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