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Game #2475

Aston Villa

9-4-14, 22 PTS

Saturday, 18 January 1958

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Lost

17th (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Luton Town

14-4-9, 32 PTS

Kenilworth Road

Attendance: 16,619

🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road

Luton Town

3-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 18 January 1958

🕒 | HT Luton Town 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 55' Goal, 0-1, (Luton Town), Jimmy Adam
🥅 | 61' Goal, 0-2, (Luton Town), Gordon Turner
🥅 | 76' Goal, 0-3, (Luton Town), George McLeod
🕒 | FT Luton Town 3-0 Aston Villa

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

🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 18 January 1958

  • Villa are heavily beaten for the second successive game as they are swept aside at Kenilworth Road.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa lose to end a run of three successive League games to make it nine wins, four draws and fourteen defeats in twenty seven division one games. 

  • Meanwhile, centre back George Ashfield made his final appearance for Villa aged 23 before moving on to Chester in February 1959. Ashfield played for Villa between 1955-56 and 1957-58 making 10 appearances.

🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1956-58 🕒 10 | ✅ 10 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 - | #449 |

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Luton Town

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Luton Town

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Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

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

🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #215 |
Saturday, 18 January 1958

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🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Jack Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Matlock
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

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Timeline
On This Day
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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

🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jack Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Matlock

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

🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Trevor Birch and Tommy Southren replace Pat Saward and Les Smith.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.23 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.01 |

Youngest Player |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.39 |

Referee

🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Dally Duncan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Luton Town

GK Ron Baynham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ken Hawkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Syd Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Seamus Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
M Reg Pearce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bob Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W George McLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gordon Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Allan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road

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

🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 6 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road

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