CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Centre Back

1956-58 🕒 10 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #449 |

Previous Player	Next Player
F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #448 \|	FB Roy Pritchard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #450 \|

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Personal Profile

Full Name	Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country		Citizenship		Height	Foot
George Owen Ashfield	7 April 1934	Manchester, Greater Manchester	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Personal

Transfer In

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Transfer In

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1953-54	March 1954	19	Free	Stockport County		Eric Houghton

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Career

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Villa Career

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1956-58 | Free |
Football League First Division |
🕒 10 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #449 |

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Played Under

Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Career Summary

Seasons	Appearances 🕒	Starts 🕒	Substitute 🔁	Unused Sub 🇺	Points per Game (PPG)
3	10	10	0	0

🟩 Won	🟩 Win %	🟨 Drew	🟨 Drawn %	🟥 Lost	🟥 Loss %

Goals ⚽	Assists 🔥	Yellow Cards 🟨	Red Cards 🟥
0	-	-	-

Goal Involvements (GI)	Games per Goal (GPG)	Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
0

Seasons

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Season by Season Record

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1955-56	21	D1		1	1	0	0	-	0

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1956-57	22	D1		0	0	0	0	-	0

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1957-58	23	D1		9	9	0	0	-	0

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🇺	🔥	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #	Goals Conceded 🥅	Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)	Clean Sheets ⛔	% Clean Sheets ⛔ %

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1955-56	21	D1	1

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1956-57	22	D1	0

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1957-58	23	D1	9

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

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CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

1951-54 Stockport County
Football League Third Division North
🕒 0 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Debut

Squad From Season	First Squad Match	First Squad Under
1955-56	21 January 1956	Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Promoted to First Team Under	Promoted to First Team Date
Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	21 January 1956

Debut Season	Debut Date	Debut Age	Debut Under
1955-56	21 January 1956	21	Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Debut

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

First Goal Date

Game #	Match	Scorer(s)

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Loans Out

None

Final

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Final Appearance

Final Season	Final Game	Final Age	Final Game Under
1957-58	18 January 1958	23	Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Squad To Season	Final Squad	Final Squad Under
1957-58	18 January 1958	Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Transfer Out

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1958-59	February 1959	24	Free	Chester		Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Transfer Out

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Subsequent Clubs

1959 Chester, Free
Football League First Division,
🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1959 Rhyl
Cheshire County League

1959 Retired aged 25

International

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

International Career

FA	National Team	Caps with Villa	Full International Record
	England

FA	First Cap with Villa	First International Goal with Villa	Last Cap with Villa

FA	Call Ups	🕒 Caps	🕒 Starts	🔁 Sub	⚽ Goals	🔥 Assists	🇺 Unused

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Quotes

Biography

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Biography

Player #449 for Aston Villa, George Ashfield, played as a centre back for the club.

George played for Villa between 1955-56 and 1957-58 making 10 appearances.

George was born in Manchester on 7 April 1934 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 21 January 1956 aged 21.

Villa had signed George from Stockport County in March 1954.

Only in his final season with Villa did George would feature more than once - making 9 appearances in 1957-58 as Villa finished 14th and exited the FA Cup in the 3rd Round.

George had played his Villa career under manager Eric Houghton and his final game came on Saturday, 18 January 1958 aged just 23 before he moved on to Chester in February 1959.

George passed away in Chester in March 1985 aged just 50.

Died

1 March 1985, Aged 50

Appearances

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Appearances

10

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #2378	🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park	GK Keith Jones \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| FB Peter Aldis \| FB Stan Lynn \| FB Ray Hogg \| M Vic Crowe \| W Norman Lockhart \| W Tommy Southren \| F Johnny Dixon \| F Jackie Sewell \| F Peter McParland \|
Game #2457	🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Roy Pritchard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| M Jackie Hinchliffe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Billy Myerscough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Roy Chapman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \|
Game #2458	🟩 19 Oct 1957, Villa 4-3 Newcastle, Villa Park	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Peter Aldis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| F Billy Myerscough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Johnny Dixon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| CF Derek Pace \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2461	🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| W Ken O Roberts \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Tommy Southren \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Les Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| CF Derek Pace \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2462	🟥 9 Nov 1957, Villa 2-3 Albion, The Hawthorns	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| W Tommy Southren \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Wally Hazelden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Roy Chapman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| CF Derek Pace \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2463	🟨 16 Nov 1957, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park	GK Arthur Sabin \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| W Tommy Southren \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ken O Roberts \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| CF Derek Pace \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2464	🟥 23 Nov 1957, Villa 1-4 Forest, City Ground	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| W Tommy Southren \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Les Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| CF Derek Pace \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2473	🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, Villa Park	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| M Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Les Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| F Gerry Hitchens \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Billy Myerscough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2474	🟥 13 Jan 1958, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Molineux	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| M Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Les Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| F Gerry Hitchens \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Billy Myerscough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2475	🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Trevor Birch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Tommy Southren \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| F Gerry Hitchens \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Billy Myerscough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Starts

10

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #2378	🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park	GK Ken Jones \| CB George Ashfield \| FB Peter Aldis \| FB Stan Lynn \| FB Ray Hogg \| M Vic Crowe \| W Norman Lockhart \| W Tommy Southren \| F Johnny Dixon \| F Jackie Sewell \| F Peter McParland \|
Game #2457	🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Roy Pritchard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| M Jackie Hinchliffe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \| F Billy Myerscough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| F Roy Chapman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| ⚽ \|
Game #2458	🟩 19 Oct 1957, Villa 4-3 Newcastle, Villa Park	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Peter Aldis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| F Billy Myerscough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| 🔥 \| 🔥 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔥 \| ⚽ \| F Johnny Dixon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| CF Derek Pace \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| ⚽ \|
Game #2461	🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| W Ken O Roberts \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Tommy Southren \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| W Les Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| 🔥 \| CF Derek Pace \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \|
Game #2462	🟥 9 Nov 1957, Villa 2-3 Albion, The Hawthorns	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| W Tommy Southren \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Wally Hazelden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| ⚽ \| 🔥 \| F Roy Chapman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| CF Derek Pace \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2463	🟨 16 Nov 1957, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park	GK Arthur Sabin \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| W Tommy Southren \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ken O Roberts \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| 🔴 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| CF Derek Pace \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2464	🟥 23 Nov 1957, Villa 1-4 Forest, City Ground	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| 🚑 \| W Tommy Southren \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🚑 \| W Les Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| CF Derek Pace \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2473	🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, Villa Park	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| M Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Les Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| F Gerry Hitchens \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Billy Myerscough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2474	🟥 13 Jan 1958, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Molineux	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| M Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Les Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| F Gerry Hitchens \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Billy Myerscough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2475	🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB George Ashfield \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Stan Crowther \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Trevor Birch \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Tommy Southren \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| F Gerry Hitchens \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Billy Myerscough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

Starts

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Sub Sub

Subs

Unused

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Goals Scored

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)

Goals

Assists

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Assists Made

-

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)

Cards

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

Matches

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Matches

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

Game #2378

Season | 1955-56 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #118 |
Saturday, 21 January 1956

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Stan Lynn (pen) |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

Robertson, Sillett, Wicks, Willemse, Saunders, Dicks, Blunstone (g), Parsons (g), McNichol, Tindall, Stubbs (g) (g).

Manager: Ted Drake.

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Eric Houghton's Villa make it consecutive losses, conceding ten and scoring one to record five wins, nine draws and fourteen defeats in twenty eight games this season. Meanwhile, centre back George Ashfield made his Villa debut after moving from Stockport County in March 1954.

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

🟥 12 Oct 1957, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

Game #2457

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Leslie Hamer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, -1968
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #197 |
Saturday, 12 October 1957

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Jackie Sewell | 59' | Peter McParland | 81' |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Roy Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
M Jackie Hinchliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Roy Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK Reg Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Sillett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dick Whittaker | 🇮🇪 |
M John Mortimore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Derek Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Micky Block | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Brabrook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jimmy Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Ron Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Eric Houghton's Villa lose three successive games and have now conceded twelve goals in the last three matches to make it three wins, two draws and eight defeats in thirteen division one games this season. Meanwhile, Jackie Hinchliffe made his second and final appearance for Villa aged 19 before moving to Workington in June 1958; whilst full back Roy Pritchard made his final Villa appearance aged 32 before moving to Notts County in November 1958. Pritchard played for Villa between 1955-56 and 1957-58 making three appearances.

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

🟩 19 Oct 1957, Villa 4-3 Newcastle, Villa Park

Game #2458

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: H. Haworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, -1958
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #198 |
Saturday, 19 October 1957

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Billy Myerscough | 40' | Johnny Dixon | 43' | Derek Pace | 63' | Jackie Sewell | 67' |

Assist(s) | Jackie Sewell | 30' | Derek Pace | 40' | Billy Myerscough | 43' 63' |

Teams

Starting XI

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

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK Ronnie Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Dick Keith | 🇬🇧 |
LB Ron Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Malcolm Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Albert Franks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Scoular | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Bill Punton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F George Eastham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Len White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bill Curry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Alex Tait | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🥅 | 27' Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Bill Curry
⚽ | 30' Goal, 1-1, Billy Myerscough, Assist by Jackie Sewell
⚽ | 40' Goal, 2-1, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Derek Pace
⚽ | 43' Goal, 3-1, Derek Pace, Assist by Billy Myerscough
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-1 Newcastle United
⚽ | 63' Goal, 4-1, Jackie Sewell, Assist by Billy Myerscough
🥅 | 67' Goal, 4-2, (Newcastle United), Bill Curry
🥅 | 85' Goal, 4-3, (Newcastle United), George Eastham
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-3 Newcastle United

On This Day

Eric Houghton's Villa win for the first time in four to end a run of three successive losses and make it four wins, two draws and eight defeats in fourteen division one games this season.

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

🟩 2 Nov 1957, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park

Game #2461

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Frank Collinge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rochdale, -1958
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #201 |
Saturday, 2 November 1957

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Tommy Southren | 5' | Derek Pace | 9' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK Norman Uprichard | 🇬🇧 |
CB Cyril Rutter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alec Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Phil Gunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Dickinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alec Stenhouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
IF Johnny Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jackie Henderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
CF Bill Albury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Eric Houghton's Villa win for the second time in three League games to make it five wins, two draws and nine defeats in sixteen division one games this season.

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

🟥 9 Nov 1957, Villa 2-3 Albion, The Hawthorns

Game #2462

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Francis Gerrard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, -1959
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #202 |
Saturday, 9 November 1957

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Wally Hazelden | 17' | Stan Crowther | 65' |

Assist(s) | Wally Hazelden | 65' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Roy Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Sanders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Stuart Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Don Howe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joe Kennedy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Barlow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Maurice Setters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bobby Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Frank Griffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Roy Horobin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Ronnie Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Derek Kevan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🟢 1' Debut, Wally Hazelden
⚽ | 17' Goal, 1-0, Wally Hazelden
🥅 | 29' Goal, 1-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Bobby Robson
🕒 | HT West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 65' Goal, 2-1, Stan Crowther, Assist by Wally Hazelden
🥅 | 70' Goal, 2-2, (West Bromwich Albion), Ronnie Allen
🥅 | 80' Goal, 2-3, (West Bromwich Albion), Roy Horrobin
🕒 | FT West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

Eric Houghton's Villa lose for the fifth time in seven League games to make it five wins, two draws and ten defeats in seventeen division one games this season. Meanwhile, forward Wally Hazelden made a goalscoring debut aged 16 after joining from school football in June 1956. Whilst forward Roy Chapman made his final Villa appearance aged 23 before moving on to Lincoln City later this month. Chapman played for Villa between 1953-54 and 1957-58 making 19 appearances and scoring 8 goals.

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

🟨 16 Nov 1957, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park

Game #2463

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Tom Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, -1960
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #203 |
Saturday, 16 November 1957

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Jackie Sewell | 52' |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Arthur Sabin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK Ted Ditchburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mel Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Maurice Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Ryden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Peter Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
W George Robb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Terry Medwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Johnny Brooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tommy Harmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bobby Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
⚽ | 52' Goal, 1-0, Jackie Sewell
🥅 | 57' Goal, 1-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Bobby Smith
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur

On This Day

Eric Houghton's Villa hold Tottenham to make it five wins, three draws and ten defeats in eighteen division one games this season. The game however was most notable for tragedy as goalkeeper Arthur Sabin made his second and final Villa appearance aged just 18. Arthur, seen as a natural successor to Nigel Sims, would tragically pass away, aged 19, in March 1958 due to kidney disease. Also making their final appearance was winger Ken Roberts before being forced to retire due to injury aged just 21. Roberts played for Villa between 1953-54 and 1957-58 making 39 appearances and scoring 4 goals.

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

🟥 23 Nov 1957, Villa 1-4 Forest, City Ground

Game #2464

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: G. E. Oliver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, -1957
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #204 |
Saturday, 23 November 1957

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Stan Crowther | 23' |

Assist(s) | Jimmy Dugdale | 23' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | 🚑 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK Chic Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Bill Whare | 🇬🇧 |
CB Bob McKinlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Jack Hutchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bill Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Burkitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Quigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Stewart Imlach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Billy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jimmy Barratt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Tommy Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Match Timeline

🥅 | 4' Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Jimmy Barrett
⚽ | 23' Goal, 1-1, Stan Crowther, Assist by Jimmy Dugdale
🥅 | 34' Goal, 1-2, (Nottingham Forest), John Quigley
🚑 | 44' Player injured on field of play, Pat Saward
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 2-1 Aston Villa
🚑 | 50' Player injured on field of play, Tommy Southren
🥅 | 74' Goal, 1-3, (Nottingham Forest), Tommy Wilson
🥅 | 83' Goal, 1-4, (Nottingham Forest), Tommy Wilson
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 4-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Eric Houghton's Villa lose for the sixth time in nine League games to make it five wins, three draws and eleven defeats in nineteen division one games this season.

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

🟩 11 Jan 1958, Villa 5-2 Sunderland, Villa Park

Game #2473

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Arthur Jobling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Morecambe, 1958-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 5-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #213 |
Saturday, 11 January 1958

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Stan Lynn | 5' 29' 41' | Billy Myerscough | 10' | Jackie Sewell | 33' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK Willie Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Billy Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Joe McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Charles Hurley | 🇮🇪 |
WH Graham Reed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Grainger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Amby Fogarty | 🇮🇪 |
W Billy Bingham | 🇬🇧 |
F Don Revie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Charlie Fleming | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

⚽ | 5' Goal, 1-0, Stan Lynn (pen)
⚽ | 10' Goal, 2-0, Billy Myerscough, Assist by Peter McParland
🥅 | 12' Goal, 2-1, (Sunderland), Colin Grainger
🥅 | 22' Goal, 2-2, (Sunderland), Charlie Fleming
🚑 | 25' Player left field of play with injury, Jimmy Dugdale
⚽ | 29' Goal, 3-2, Stan Lynn (pen)
⚽ | 33' Goal, 3-2, Jackie Sewell, Assist by Les Smith
🚑 | 38' Player returns to field of play with injury, Jimmy Dugdale
⚽ | 41' Goal, 5-2, Stan Lynn, Assist by Les Smith
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 5-2 Sunderland
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-2 Sunderland

On This Day

Eric Houghton's Villa win three successive League games for the first time this season to make it nine wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in twenty six division one games.

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

🟥 13 Jan 1958, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Molineux

Game #2474

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1954-1971
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #30 |
Manager Game | #214 |
Monday, 13 January 1958

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK Wilf Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John McCue | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bobby Cairns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M John Sellars | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Don Ratcliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Neville Coleman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Frank Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Dennis Wilshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Stoke City
🥅 | 55' Goal, 0-1, (Stoke City), Bobby Cairns, pen
🥅 | 85' Goal, 0-2, (Stoke City), Neville Coleman
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Stoke City

On This Day

Eric Houghton's Villa face second division Stoke for the third time in the FA Cup third round and lose at Molineux to send the holders out of the competition.

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

🟥 18 Jan 1958, Villa 0-3 Luton, Kenilworth Road

Game #2475

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Jack Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Emsworth, -1958
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #215 |
Saturday, 18 January 1958

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK Ron Baynham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ken Hawkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Syd Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Seamus Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
M Reg Pearce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bob Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W George McLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gordon Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Allan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Eric Houghton's Villa lose to end a run of three successive League games to make it nine wins, four draws and fourteen defeats in twenty seven division one games. Meanwhile, centre back George Ashfield made his final appearance for Villa aged 23 before moving on to Chester in February 1959. Ashfield played for Villa between 1955-56 and 1957-58 making 10 appearances.

AVFC History Celebrating 150 Years

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Centre Back

1956-58 🕒 10 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #449 |

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Personal Profile

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Transfer In

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Villa Career

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Played Under

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Career Summary

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Season by Season Record

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Goalkeeping Record

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Honours

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Villa Youth Record

Previous Clubs

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Debut

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

First Goal Date

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Loans Out

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Final Appearance

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Transfer Out

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Subsequent Clubs

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

International Career

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Quotes

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Biography

Died

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Appearances

10

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Starts

10

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Substitute Appearances

0

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Goals Scored

0

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Assists Made

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CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Cards Received

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CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

Matches

CB George Ashfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #449 |

🟥 21 Jan 1956, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

Game #2378

Scorer(s) | Stan Lynn (pen) |

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

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Starting XI

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