Game #2468

Aston Villa

6-4-13, 16 PTS

Saturday, 21 December 1957

Lost

20th (-2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Birmingham City

7-7-9, 21 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 41,118

Aston Villa

0-2

Birmingham City

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |

MANAGER

Arthur Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Birmingham City

GK Gil Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Farmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jeff Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dick Neal Jr. | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Hooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gordon Astall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Peter Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bunny Larkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Noel Kinsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Eddy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟥 21 Dec 1957, Villa 0-2 Birmingham, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 21 December 1957

Eric Houghton's Villa lose successive games as they are beaten by neighbours Birmingham for the second time this season to make it six wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in twenty three division one games. Meanwhile, Gerry Hitchens made his Villa debut aged 23 after moving from Cardiff City earlier this month.

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