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Game #2476

Aston Villa

9-5-14, 23 PTS

Saturday, 1 February 1958

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Drew

16th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

Division One

Blackpool

12-5-11, 29 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 47,499

🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-1

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Blackpool

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Assist(s) | Jackie Sewell | 21' |

🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 1 February 1958

🟢 | 1' Debut, Les Jones
⚽ | 21' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Jackie Sewell
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackpool
🥅 | 64' Goal, 1-1, (Blackpool), Ernie Taylor
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Blackpool

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

🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 1 February 1958

  • Villa draw with Stanley Matthews' Blackpool on his 43rd birthday as neighbours Birmingham are hit for 8 by Burnley.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa are held by Blackpool at Villa Park to make it nine wins, five draws and fourteen defeats in twenty eight division one games. 

  • Meanwhile, full back Les Jones made his Villa debut aged 28 after moving from Luton Town in January 1958

🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 | Free transfer from Luton

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Blackpool

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1952-53

FIXTURE HISTORY

Blackpool

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Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

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

🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #216 |
Saturday, 1 February 1958

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🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1954-1971
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1954-1971
Matches Officiated: 0
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 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

🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Les Jones (debut), Pat Saward, Les Smith and Wally Hazelden replace George Ashfield, Trevor Birch, Tommy Southren and Billy Myerscough.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.13 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.04 |

Youngest Player |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 16.98 |

Referee

🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟢 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Joe Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackpool

GK George Farm | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Jackie Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Hugh Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Roy Gratrix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Tommy Garrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Stanley Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Durie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bill Perry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ray Charnley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ernie Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, 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

🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Reported

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

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