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Game #2501

Aston Villa

3-2-6, 8 PTS

Saturday, 4 October 1958

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Won

22nd (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division One

Newcastle United

5-1-5, 11 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 29,801

Aston Villa

2-1

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Newcastle United

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Assist(s) | Les Smith | 35' | Gerry Hitchens | 53' |

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Sharples | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Ken Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Charlie Mitten | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Newcastle United

GK Bryan Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Jackie Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill McKinney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bob Stokoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Scoular | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bobby Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Reg Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Arthur Bottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Len White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 4 Oct 1958, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 4 October 1958

Eric Houghton's Villa reverse the form book as they win successive games having lost their previous six to make it three wins, two draws and six defeats in eleven division one games so far this season. Meanwhile, winger Ken Barrett made a goalscoring debut for Villa aged 20 - scoring twice - after moving from Stoke Works, Bromsgrove in January 1957.

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