FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Full Back

1958 🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #461 |

Previous Player	Next Player
CF Gerry Hitchens \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #460 \|	FB Gordon Lee \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #462 \|

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Personal Profile

Full Name	Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country		Citizenship		Height	Foot
Leslie Clifford Jones	1 January 1930	Mountain Ash, Rhondda	Wales	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿	Wales	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Personal

Transfer In

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Transfer In

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1957-58	January 1958	28	Free	Luton Town		Eric Houghton

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Career

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Villa Career

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1958 | Free |
Football League First Division |
🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #461 |

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Played Under

Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Career Summary

Seasons	Appearances 🕒	Starts 🕒	Substitute 🔁	Unused Sub 🇺	Points per Game (PPG)
1	5	5	0	0

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

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

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

Seasons

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Season by Season Record

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1957-58	27	D1		5	5	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

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

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

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Goalkeeping Record

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

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1957-58

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

West Park School
Craigath Juniors
Bedfordshire Boys

1950-57 Luton Town
Football League Second Division, First Division
🕒 98 | ⚽ 1 | (League)

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Debut

Squad From Season	First Squad Match	First Squad Under
1957-58	1 February 1958	Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Promoted to First Team Under	Promoted to First Team Date
Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	1 February 1958

Debut Season	Debut Date	Debut Age	Debut Under
1957-58	1 February 1958	28	Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Debut

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

First Goal Date

Game #	Match	Scorer(s)

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Loans Out

None

Final

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Final Appearance

Final Season	Final Game	Final Age	Final Game Under
1957-58	4 April 1958	28	Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Squad To Season	Final Squad	Final Squad Under
1957-58	4 April 1958	Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Transfer Out

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1959-60	July 1959	29	Free	Worcester City		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

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Subsequent Clubs

1959 Worcester City
Southern League Premier Division

1960 Retired aged 30

Quotes

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Quotes

Biography

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Biography

Player #461 for Aston Villa, Leslie Clifford Jones, known as Les Jones, played as a full back for the club.

Les played for Villa in 1957-58 making 5 appearances.

Les was born in Mountain Ash, Rhondda, Wales, on 1 January 1930 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 1 February 1958 aged 28.

Villa had signed Les from Luton Town in January 1958 and he played 4 of the following 8 games after his debut before losing his place and moving on to Worcester City in July 1959.

Les had played under manager Eric Houghton.

Les passed away in Birmingham on 6 January 2016 aged 86.

Died

6 January 2016, Aged 86

Appearances

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Appearances

5

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #2476	🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Les Jones \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| 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 Wally Hazelden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2477	🟥 8 Feb 1958, Villa 1-6 Leicester, Filbert Street	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 \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2478	🟥 22 Feb 1958, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Villa Park	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Les Jones \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| M Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Les Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Tommy Southren \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| F Gerry Hitchens \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2483	🟩 31 Mar 1958, Villa 3-2 United, Villa Park	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Les Jones \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| M Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Les Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Billy Myerscough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| F Gerry Hitchens \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2484	🟥 4 Apr 1958, Villa 0-4 Bolton, Burnden Park	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Les Jones \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| M Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Les Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Billy Myerscough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| F Gerry Hitchens \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Starts

5

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #2476	🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Les Jones \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| 🟢 \| 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 Wally Hazelden \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2477	🟥 8 Feb 1958, Villa 1-6 Leicester, Filbert Street	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 \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2478	🟥 22 Feb 1958, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Villa Park	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Les Jones \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| M Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Les Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| W Tommy Southren \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| ⚽ \| F Gerry Hitchens \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2483	🟩 31 Mar 1958, Villa 3-2 United, Villa Park	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Les Jones \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| 🔥 \| M Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Les Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Billy Myerscough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔥 \| ⚽ \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| F Gerry Hitchens \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \|
Game #2484	🟥 4 Apr 1958, Villa 0-4 Bolton, Burnden Park	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Les Jones \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| 🔴 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| M Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Les Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Billy Myerscough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Jackie Sewell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| F Gerry Hitchens \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

Starts

Subs

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Sub Sub

Unused

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes

Goals

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Goals Scored

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)

Assists

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Assists Made

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)

Cards

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

International

International Career

Wales

FA	National Team	Caps with Villa
	Wales

FA	National Team	Full International Record
	Wales

FA	🕒 Caps	🕒 Starts	🔁 Sub	⚽ Goals

FA	First Cap with Villa

FA	First International Goal with Villa

FA	Last Cap with Villa

International Record

Wales

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match

Matches

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Matches

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park

Game #2476

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1954-1971
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #216 |
Saturday, 1 February 1958

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 21' |

Assist(s) | Jackie Sewell | 21' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟢 |
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 Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK George Farm | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Jackie Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Hugh Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Roy Gratrix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Tommy Garrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Stanley Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Durie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bill Perry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ray Charnley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ernie Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa draw with Stanley Matthews' Blackpool on his 43rd birthday as neighbours Birmingham are hit for 8 by Burnley.
Eric Houghton's Villa are held by Blackpool at Villa Park to make it nine wins, five draws and fourteen defeats in twenty eight division one games.
Meanwhile, full back Les Jones made his Villa debut aged 28 after moving from Luton Town in January 1958

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

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

Game #2477

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: D. T. Blues | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Richmond, -1958
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-6
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #217 |
Saturday, 8 February 1958

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Tommy Southren | 27' |

Assist(s) | Jackie Sewell | 27' |

Teams

Starting XI

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

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

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

In the aftermath of the Munich Air Disaster Villa are once again well beaten, this time by a side below them in the table. Villa sink back to 17th.
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

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

🟥 22 Feb 1958, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Villa Park

Game #2478

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: H. Haworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, -1958
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #218 |
Saturday, 22 February 1958

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 75' |

Assist(s) | Les Smith | 75' |

Teams

Starting XI

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

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK Reg Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Sillett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ian McFarlane | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Bill Livingstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Mortimore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Len Casey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Micky Block | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Brabrook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F David Cliss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jimmy Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ron Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa, shorn of Stan Crowther after a controversial decision from the club, are again well beaten, this time by Chelsea as major concerns are aired about the direction of the club.
Eric Houghton's Villa lose a second successive game to make it nine wins, five draws and sixteen defeats in thirty division one games - a 30% win rate and 53% loss rate with three quarters of the season played.

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

🟩 31 Mar 1958, Villa 3-2 United, Villa Park

Game #2483

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: J. G. Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottingham, -1961
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #39 |
Manager Game | #35 |
Manager Game | #223 |
Monday, 31 March 1958

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Billy Myerscough | 35' | Gerry Hitchens | 58' | Jackie Sewell | 89' |

Teams

Starting XI

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

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK Harry Gregg | 🇬🇧 |
LB Shay Brennan | 🇮🇪 |
CB Bill Foulkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bobby Harrop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ron Cope | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Freddie Goodwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Colin Webster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Mark Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alex Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

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 first time in three after successive losses to make it twelve wins, five draws and eighteen defeats in thirty five division one games.

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

🟥 4 Apr 1958, Villa 0-4 Bolton, Burnden Park

Game #2484

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #224 |
Friday, 4 April 1958

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

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

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK Joe Dean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Higgins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Roy Hartle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Derek Hennin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Graham Stanley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bryan Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Doug Holden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ralph Gubbins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dennis Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Eric Houghton's Villa lose for the third time in four matches to make it twelve wins, five draws and nineteen defeats in thirty six division one games. Meanwhile, full back Les Jones made his fifth and final appearance for Villa aged 28 before moving on to Worcester City in July 1959. Jones had only joined the club in January from Luton Town.

AVFC History Celebrating 150 Years

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Full Back

1958 🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #461 |

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Personal Profile

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Transfer In

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Villa Career

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Played Under

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Career Summary

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Season by Season Record

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Goalkeeping Record

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Honours

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Villa Youth Record

Previous Clubs

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Debut

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

First Goal Date

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Loans Out

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Final Appearance

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Transfer Out

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Subsequent Clubs

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Quotes

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Biography

Died

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Appearances

5

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Starts

5

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Substitute Appearances

0

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Goals Scored

0

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Assists Made

0

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

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International Career

Wales

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International Record

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Wales

Starter

Substitute

Goals

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

Matches

FB Les Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #461 |

🟨 1 Feb 1958, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park