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Game #2482

Aston Villa

11-5-18, 27 PTS

Saturday, 29 March 1958

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Lost

20th (-4)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

16-8-12, 40 PTS

White Hart Lane

Attendance: 34,102

🟥 29 Mar 1958, Villa 2-6 Spurs, White Hart Lane

Tottenham Hotspur

6-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 27' | Les Smith | 27' |

🟥 29 Mar 1958, Villa 2-6 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 29 March 1958

🥅 | 14' Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Bobby Smith
🥅 | 19' Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Bobby Smith
🥅 | 22' Goal, 0-3, (Tottenham Hotspur), Bobby Smith
⚽ | 27' Goal, 1-3, Jackie Sewell, Assist by Peter McParland
🥅 | 29' Goal, 1-4, (Tottenham Hotspur), Terry Medwin
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 57' Goal, 2-4, Peter McParland, Assist by Les Smith
🥅 | 76' Goal, 2-5, (Tottenham Hotspur), Bobby Smith
🥅 | 86' Goal, 2-6, (Tottenham Hotspur), Bobby Smith
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 6-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 29 Mar 1958, Villa 2-6 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 29 March 1958

Eric Houghton's Villa lose successive matches, and concede six for the second time in six, to make it eleven wins, five draws and eighteen defeats in thirty four division one games.

🟥 29 Mar 1958, Villa 2-6 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1950-51

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Tottenham Hotspur

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Tottenham Hotspur

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 29 Mar 1958, Villa 2-6 Spurs, White Hart Lane

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #222 |
Saturday, 29 March 1958

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🟥 29 Mar 1958, Villa 2-6 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: B. A. E. Buckle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northants, -1958
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-6
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 222 | 🟩 | 78 🟨 60 🟥 84 | 1.32

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

🟥 29 Mar 1958, Villa 2-6 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: B. A. E. Buckle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northants, -1958
Matches Officiated: 0
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

🟥 29 Mar 1958, Villa 2-6 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Eric Houghton names the same line up for the fourth successive game for the first time this season.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.86 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.20 |

Youngest Player |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.13 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 29 Mar 1958, Villa 2-6 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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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

Jimmy Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

GK Ted Ditchburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Johnny Hills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Maurice Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Ryden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Ron Henry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
W Terry Medwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Cliff Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Johnny Brooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tommy Harmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bobby Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 29 Mar 1958, Villa 2-6 Spurs, White Hart Lane

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 29 Mar 1958, Villa 2-6 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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

🟥 29 Mar 1958, Villa 2-6 Spurs, White Hart Lane

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 29 Mar 1958, Villa 2-6 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 29 Mar 1958, Villa 2-6 Spurs, White Hart Lane

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 29 Mar 1958, Villa 2-6 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 29 Mar 1958, Villa 2-6 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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MATCH VIDEO

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