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Game #2486

Aston Villa

14-5-19, 33 PTS

Tuesday, 8 April 1958

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Won

16th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Bolton Wanderers

14-8-16, 36 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,745

🟩 8 Apr 1958, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-0

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Bolton Wanderers

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🟩 8 Apr 1958, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 8 April 1958

⚽ | 8' Goal, 1-0, Stan Lynn, Assist by Les Smith
⚽ | 21' Goal, 2-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Billy Myerscough
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Bolton Wanderers
⚽ | 66' Goal, 3-0, Jackie Sewell
⚽ | 77' Goal, 4-0, John Higgins o.g.
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Bolton Wanderers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 8 Apr 1958, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 8 April 1958

Eric Houghton's Villa win for the third time in four matches as they win successive games to make it fourteen wins, five draws and nineteen defeats in thirty eight division one games.

🟩 8 Apr 1958, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Bolton Wanderers

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1928-29

Aston Villa

Bolton Wanderers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Bolton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

Bolton Wanderers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Bolton Wanderers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 8 Apr 1958, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #226 |
Tuesday, 8 April 1958

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🟩 8 Apr 1958, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
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

🕒 226 | 🟩 | 81 🟨 60 🟥 85 | 1.34

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

🟩 8 Apr 1958, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.86 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.23 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23.52 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 8 Apr 1958, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

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 Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Bill Ridding | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bolton Wanderers

GK Joe Dean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Higgins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Roy Hartle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Stanley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bryan Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Doug Holden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ralph Gubbins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dennis Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 8 Apr 1958, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 8 Apr 1958, Villa 4-0 Bolton, 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

🟩 8 Apr 1958, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 8 Apr 1958, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

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