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Game #2469

Aston Villa

7-4-13, 18 PTS

Thursday, 26 December 1957

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Won

19th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Arsenal

11-3-10, 25 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 38,383

🟩 26 Dec 1957, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-0

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Arsenal

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🟩 26 Dec 1957, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Thursday, 26 December 1957

⚽ | 8' Goal, 1-0, Dennis Evans o.g.
⚽ | 29' Goal, 2-0, Stan Lynn
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Arsenal
⚽ | 85' Goal, 3-0, Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Arsenal

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 26 Dec 1957, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Thursday, 26 December 1957

  • Villa beat Arsenal after two consecutive defeats as Gerry Hitchens nets his first for the club.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa win for only the second time in eight to make it seven wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in twenty four division one games.

🟩 26 Dec 1957, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

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

Arsenal

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1952–53

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥

🟩 26 Dec 1957, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #209 |
Thursday, 26 December 1957

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🟩 26 Dec 1957, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: E. R. Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chester, -1957
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
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Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 209 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 57 🟥 78 | 1.33

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

🟩 26 Dec 1957, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: E. R. Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chester, -1957
Matches Officiated:
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨

🟩 26 Dec 1957, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Jackie Sewell and Wally Hazelden replace Vic Crowe and Johnny Dixon.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.28 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.94 |

Youngest Player |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 16.88 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 26 Dec 1957, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, 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 | 🇮🇪 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jack Crayston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Jack Kelsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Dennis Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill Dodgin Jr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Bloomfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Daniel Le Roux | 🇿🇦 | 🟨 |
W Gordon Nutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Vic Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Herd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Cliff Holton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 26 Dec 1957, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

🟩 26 Dec 1957, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, 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

🟩 26 Dec 1957, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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