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Game #2489

Aston Villa

16-6-19, 38 PTS

Saturday, 26 April 1958

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Won

14th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division One

Manchester City

22-5-15, 49 PTS

Maine Road

Attendance: 28,275

🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Man City, Maine Road

Manchester City

1-2

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Aston Villa

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🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Man City, Maine Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 April 1958

🥅 | 17' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Joe Hayes
⚽ | 19' Goal, 1-1, Les Smith
⚽ | 31' Goal, 2-1, Jackie Sewell
🕒 | HT Manchester City 1-2 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Manchester City 1-2 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

🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Man City, Maine Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 April 1958

  • Villa's end of season pick up in form continues as they glide to victory at Maine Road.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa extend their unbeaten League to five as they hit their best run of form at the tail end of the season with five wins in the last seven to make it sixteen wins, six draws and nineteen defeats in forty one division one games.

🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Man City, Maine Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1955-56

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester City

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Previous 5 vs. Man City: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

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

🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Man City, Maine Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #229 |
Saturday, 26 April 1958

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🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Man City, Maine Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Thomas Blenkinsop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | South Shields, 1956-1958
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
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

🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Man City, Maine Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Thomas Blenkinsop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | South Shields, 1956-1958

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

🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Man City, Maine Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.91 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.27 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23.56 |

Referee

🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Man City, Maine Road

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Les McDowall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Bert Trautmann | 🇩🇪 |
RB Bill Leivers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken Branagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Cliff Sear | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Kenneth Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Roy Warhurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Colin Barlow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Paddy Fagan | 🇮🇪 |
F Ray Sambrook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Hayes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Johnny Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Man City, Maine Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Man City, Maine 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

🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Man City, Maine Road

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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Manchester City XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Man City, Maine Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Man City, Maine Road

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

🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Man City, Maine Road

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Man City, Maine Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 26 Apr 1958, Villa 2-1 Man City, Maine Road

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