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Game #2477

Aston Villa

9-5-15, 23 PTS

Saturday, 8 February 1958

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Lost

17th (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division One

Leicester City

9-3-17, 21 PTS

Filbert Street

Attendance: 25,535

Leicester City

6-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Jackie Sewell | 27' |

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Dave Halliday | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK John Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Willie Cunningham | 🇬🇧 |
D Joe Baillie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ian King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Eddie Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Don Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Howard Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Derek Hogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Jimmy Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Derek Hines | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Johnny Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟥 8 Feb 1958, Villa 1-6 Leicester, Filbert Street

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 8 February 1958

Eric Houghton's Villa suffer their heaviest defeat of the season to date as they are hammered at Filbert Street to make it nine wins, five draws and fifteen defeats in twenty nine division one games. Meanwhile, Stan Crowther made his final appearance for Villa aged 23 before moving to Manchester United later this month in the aftermath of the Munich Air Disaster. Crowther played for Villa in 1956-57 and 1957-58 making 62 appearances and scoring 4 goals

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