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Game #2445

Aston Villa

0-0-1, 0 PTS

Saturday, 24 August 1957

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Lost

19th

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Birmingham City

1-0-0, 2 PTS

St Andrew's

Attendance: 50,780

Birmingham City

3-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Les Smith | 24' |

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Arthur Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Johnny Schofield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ken Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jeff Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dick Neal Jr. | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Johnny Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alex Govan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Gordon Astall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Peter Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Noel Kinsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Eddy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟥 24 Aug 1957, Villa 1-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 24 August 1957

Eric Houghton's Villa open the season with a disappointing defeat at neighbours Birmingham.

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