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Game #2411
Aston Villa
Saturday, 1 December 1956
Lost
LWDDL
Division One
Sheffield Wednesday
Hillsborough
Attendance: 23,560
Sheffield Wednesday
2-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
M Pat Saward |
M Bill Baxter |
W Les Smith |
W Ken Roberts |
CF Peter McParland |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Jackie Sewell |
MANAGER
Jack Marshall | 🏴 |
Sheffield Wednesday
McIntosh, Staniforth, McEvoy, Curtis, Gibson, McAnearney, Cargill, Shiner, Finney, Froggatt, Quixall (g) (g).
Manager: Jack Marshall.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟥 1 Dec 1956, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 1 December 1956
Villa lose for the first time in four to make it six wins, six draws and six defeats in eighteen Division One games this season under Eric Houghton.
Meanwhile, Bill Baxter made his final Villa appearance. Bill played for Villa between 1953-54 and 1956-57 making 108 appearances and scoring 6 goals.
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