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Game #2473

Aston Villa

9-4-13, 22 PTS

Saturday, 11 January 1958

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Won

16th (+2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Division One

Sunderland

6-7-13, 19 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 22,645

🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

Aston Villa

5-2

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Sunderland

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Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 10' | Les Smith | 33' | 41' |

🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 11 January 1958

⚽ | 5' Goal, 1-0, Stan Lynn (pen)
⚽ | 10' Goal, 2-0, Billy Myerscough, Assist by Peter McParland
🥅 | 12' Goal, 2-1, (Sunderland), Colin Grainger
🥅 | 22' Goal, 2-2, (Sunderland), Charlie Fleming
🚑 | 25' Player left field of play with injury, Jimmy Dugdale
⚽ | 29' Goal, 3-2, Stan Lynn (pen)
⚽ | 33' Goal, 3-2, Jackie Sewell, Assist by Les Smith
🚑 | 38' Player returns to field of play with injury, Jimmy Dugdale
⚽ | 41' Goal, 5-2, Stan Lynn, Assist by Les Smith
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 5-2 Sunderland
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-2 Sunderland

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

🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 11 January 1958

  • Villa make it five unbeaten but more importantly win for the third successive league game to push them up to 16th in the table.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa win three successive League games for the first time this season to make it nine wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in twenty six division one games.

🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, 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

Sunderland

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sunderland

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Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

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

🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #213 |
Saturday, 11 January 1958

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🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Arthur Jobling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Morecambe, 1958-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 5-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-2
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

🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Jobling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Morecambe, 1958-1963
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

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

🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

George Ashfield and Billy Myerscough replace Peter Aldis and Wally Hazelden.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.99 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.99 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23.28 |

Referee

🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, 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 Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sunderland

GK Willie Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Billy Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Joe McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Charles Hurley | 🇮🇪 |
WH Graham Reed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Grainger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Amby Fogarty | 🇮🇪 |
W Billy Bingham | 🇬🇧 |
F Don Revie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Charlie Fleming | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, 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

🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 5 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

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