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Game #2467

Aston Villa

6-4-12, 16 PTS

Saturday, 14 December 1957

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Lost

18th (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Manchester City

12-1-8, 25 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 24,767

🟥 14 Dec 1957, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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Manchester City

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Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 77' |

Assist(s) | Derek Pace | 77' |

🟥 14 Dec 1957, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 14 December 1957

🚑 | 10' Player injured on field of play, Stan Crowther
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City
🥅 | 61' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Peter Aldis o.g.
⚽ | 77' Goal, 1-1, Peter McParland, Assist by Derek Pace
🥅 | 89' Goal, 1-2, (Manchester City), Joe Hayes
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 14 Dec 1957, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 14 December 1957

Eric Houghton's Villa follow up their biggest win of the season with a first defeat in three to make it six wins, four draws and twelve defeats in twenty two division one games this season. Meanwhile, centre forward Derek Pace made his final appearance for Villa aged 25 before moving on to Sheffield United later this month. Pace played for Villa between 1950-51 and 1957-58 making 107 appearances and scoring 42 goals.

🟥 14 Dec 1957, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

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FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1955-56

Aston Villa

Manchester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Man City: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨

🟥 14 Dec 1957, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #207 |
Saturday, 14 December 1957

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🟥 14 Dec 1957, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: J. V. Sherlock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, -1957
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
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

🕒 207 | 🟩 | 73 🟨 57 🟥 77 | 1.33

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

🟥 14 Dec 1957, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: J. V. Sherlock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, -1957
Matches Officiated:
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

🟥 14 Dec 1957, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up for the first time since September.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.03 |

Oldest Player |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.70 |

Youngest Player |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 16.84 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 14 Dec 1957, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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 | 🇮🇪 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔴 |

MANAGER

Les McDowall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Bert Trautmann | 🇩🇪 |
RB Bill Leivers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dave Ewing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Cliff Sear | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Kenneth Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Roy Warhurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Colin Barlow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Paddy Fagan | 🇮🇪 |
F Billy McAdams | 🇬🇧 |
F Joe Hayes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Bobby Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 14 Dec 1957, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 14 Dec 1957, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, 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:

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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

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Match Symbols:

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⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟥 14 Dec 1957, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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Manchester City XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

🟥 14 Dec 1957, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 14 Dec 1957, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 14 Dec 1957, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 14 Dec 1957, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 14 Dec 1957, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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