Game #2479
Aston Villa
10-5-16, 25 PTS
Saturday, 1 March 1958
Won
16th (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division One
Newcastle United
9-5-16, 23 PTS
St James' Park
Attendance: 40,135
🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park
Newcastle United
2-4
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Les Smith | 89' |
🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 1 March 1958
⚽ | 9' Goal, 1-0, Les Smith
🥅 | 12' Goal, 1-1, (Newcastle United), Arthur Bottom
⚽ | 16' Goal, 2-1, Gerry Hitchens
🥅 | 42' Goal, 2-2, (Newcastle United), Bobby Mitchell (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-2 Newcastle United
⚽ | 89' Goal, 3-2, Jimmy Dugdale, Assist by Les Smith
⚽ | 90' Goal, 4-2, Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Newcastle United
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 1 March 1958
Villa grab two goals in the final two minutes to secure a desperately needed win and climb back to 16th in the table.
Eric Houghton's Villa win for the first time in six to make it ten wins, five draws and sixteen defeats in thirty one division one games.
Despite the 30% win rate, Houghton's team have delivered six of those wins with strong scorelines of 5-1, 4-3, 5-2, 3-0, 5-2 and 4-2.
🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Newcastle United
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1954-55
🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #219 |
Saturday, 1 March 1958
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🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Peter Rhodes | 🏴 | York, 1954-1967 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 219 | 🟩 | 77 🟨 60 🟥 82 | 1.33
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Rhodes | 🏴 | York, 1954-1967 🆘
Matches Officiated: 0
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
🆘 Yet another poor display from Rhodes who gifted Newcastle a non-existent penalty equaliser.
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Peter Aldis and Wally Hazelden replace Tommy Southren and Les Jones.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.79 |
Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 | 31.12 |
Youngest Player |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴 | 17.05 |
🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Stan Seymour | 🏴 |
Newcastle United
GK Stewart Mitchell | 🏴 |
LB Alf McMichael | 🇬🇧 |
CB Bill McKinney | 🏴 |
CB Bob Stokoe | 🏴 |
M Albert Franks | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Scoular | 🏴 |
W Bobby Mitchell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F George Eastham | 🏴 |
CF Arthur Bottom | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Bill Curry | 🏴 |
CF Alex Tait | 🏴 |
🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
SQUAD STATS
Newcastle XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 1 Mar 1958, Villa 4-2 Newcastle, St James' Park