1957–58 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1957–58 season
Manager	Eric Houghton
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	14th
FA Cup	Third round
	← 1958–59 →

The 1957–58 English football season was Aston Villa's 58th season in the Football League, this season playing in the Football League First Division.

Villa were beaten by Manchester United in the 1957 FA Charity Shield. The season commenced on 24 August 1957 with a 1-3 defeat away to local rivals, Birmingham City with the home team recording its highest home attendance for the entire season with 50,780 spectators. Local rival "Wolves" achieved the double over Villa, part of a run of seven between 1957 and 1960.^[1]

FA Cup Holders Villa were knocked out in the third round by Second Division Stoke City in a 2nd replay.^[2] ^[3]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Arsenal	42	16	7	19	73	85	0.859	39
13	Birmingham City	42	14	11	17	76	89	0.854	39	Participated in 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
14	Aston Villa	42	16	7	19	73	86	0.849	39
15	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	10	18	65	87	0.747	38	FA Cup winners
16	Everton	42	13	11	18	65	75	0.867	37

Source:^{[citation needed]}

League Results[]

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLP	BOL	BUR	CHE	EVE	LEE	LEI	LUT	MCI	MUN	NEW	NOT	POR	PNE	SHW	SUN	TOT	WBA	WOL
Arsenal		4–0
Aston Villa	3–0		0–2	1–1	4–0	3–0	1–3	0–1	2–0	5–1	2–0	1–2	3–2	4–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	5–2	1–1	2–1	2–3
Birmingham		3–1
Blackpool		1–1
Bolton Wanderers		4–0
Burnley		3–0
Chelsea		4–2
Everton		1–2
Leeds United		4–0
Leicester City		6–1
Luton Town		3–0
Manchester City		1–2
Manchester United		4–1
Newcastle United		2–4
Nottingham Forest		4–1
Portsmouth		1–0
Preston North End		1–1
Sheffield Wednesday		2–5
Sunderland		1–1
Tottenham Hotspur		6–2
West Bromwich Albion		3–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers		2–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Appearances[]

Peter McParland, 45 appearances
Nigel Sims, 45 appearances, conceded 96
Stan Lynn, 44 appearances
Pat Saward, 43 appearances
Jimmy Dugdale, 41 appearances
Jackie Sewell, 40 appearances
Les Smith, 33 appearances
Peter Aldis, 33 appearances
Stan Crowther, 29 appearances
Vic Crowe, 26 appearances
Billy Myerscough, 25 appearances
Gerry Hitchens, 22 appearances
Johnny Dixon, 14 appearances
Derek Pace, 12 appearances
, 11 appearances
Wally Hazelden, 11 appearances
George Ashfield, 9 appearances
Roy Chapman, 8 appearances
Les Jones, 5 appearances
Ken Roberts, 2 appearances
Trevor Birch, 2 appearances
Jackie Hinchliffe, 2 appearances
Dennis Jackson, 1 appearance
, 1 appearance, conceded 1
Roy Pritchard, 1 appearance ^[4]

References[]

^ "Villa snatch win at Wolves with late penalty". BBC Sport.
^ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
^ Luck Favours Mighty In F.A. Cup, The Times, 7 January 1958
^ AVFC History: 1957–58 season

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[1] "Villa snatch win at Wolves with late penalty". BBC Sport.

[The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-2] Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

[3] Luck Favours Mighty In F.A. Cup, The Times, 7 January 1958

[4] AVFC History: 1957–58 season

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