1956–57 Aston Villa F.C. season

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Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961) Aston Villa 1956–57 football season

Aston Villa
1956–57 season
Manager	Eric Houghton
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	10th
FA Cup	Winners
← 1955-56 1957–58 →

Second City derby Football team season

Second City derby
25--14--20
← 1955–56 1957-58 →

The 1956–57 English football season was Aston Villa's 57th season in the Football League, this season playing in the Football League First Division. In the Second City derby Villa won both matches. In October 1956 they beat Birmingham 3–1 at home with goals by Jackie Sewell, Ken Roberts and Stan Lynn. They beat Birmingham 2–1 away, both Villa goals by Roy Chapman.

There were debuts for Billy Myerscough (64), Stan Crowther (50), Dennis Jackson (8) and Arthur Sabin (2).

Football League First Division.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
8	Leeds United	42	15	14	13	72	63	1.143	44
9	Bolton Wanderers	42	16	12	14	65	65	1.000	44
10	Aston Villa	42	14	15	13	65	55	1.182	43
11	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	14	14	59	61	0.967	42
12	Birmingham City	42	15	9	18	69	69	1.000	39

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

FA Cup

Football match

1957 FA Cup final

Event

1956–57 FA Cup

Aston Villa	Manchester United

2	1

Date

4 May 1957

Venue

Wembley Stadium, London

Referee

Frank Coultas (Hull)

Attendance

99,225

The 1957 FA Cup final was a football match played on 4 May 1957 at Wembley Stadium between Aston Villa and Manchester United. Villa won 2–1, with both of their goals scored by Peter McParland. Tommy Taylor scored United's goal. It was Villa's first major trophy for 37 years.

A collision after only six minutes between Villa forward Peter McParland and United goalkeeper Ray Wood, which left Wood unconscious with a broken cheekbone. Wood left the pitch and Jackie Blanchflower took over in goal for United. Wood eventually rejoined the game in an outfield position as a virtual passenger before returning to goal for the last seven minutes of the game.

Villa's victory gave them their seventh FA Cup title, a record at the time, but since passed by three clubs including Manchester United. Villa reached the final in 2000, when they lost to Chelsea, and in 2015, when they lost to Arsenal.

Six of the 11 United players who took to the field for United in this game died in the Munich air disaster nine months later. Two others were injured to such an extent that they never played again. The death of Nigel Sims in January 2018 left Peter McParland as the last surviving member of the winning team.

In December 2007, BBC Four's Timeshift series screened a documentary, A Game of Two Eras, which compared the 1957 final with its 2007 counterpart.

Road to Wembley

Round 3	Luton Town	2–2	Aston Villa
Round 3 Replay	Aston Villa	2–0	Luton Town
Round 4	Middlesbrough	2–3	Aston Villa
Round 5	Aston Villa	2–1	Bristol City
Round 6	Burnley	1–1	Aston Villa
Round 6 Replay	Aston Villa	2–0	Burnley
Semi-final	Aston Villa	2–2	West Bromwich Albion
Semi-final	(at Molineux)
Semi-final Replay	West Bromwich Albion	0–1	Aston Villa
Semi-final Replay	(at St Andrew's)

Match details

4 May 1957

Aston Villa	2–1	Manchester United
McParland 68', 73'	Report	Taylor 83'

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 99,225Referee: F. Coultas

Aston Villa

Manchester United


GK	1	Nigel Sims
RB	2	Stan Lynn
LB	3	Peter Aldis
RH	4	Stan Crowther
CH	5	Jimmy Dugdale
LH	6	Pat Saward
OR	7	Les Smith
IR	8	Jackie Sewell
CF	9	Bill Myerscough
IL	10	Johnny Dixon (c)
OL	11	Peter McParland
Manager:
Eric Houghton



GK	1	Ray Wood
RB	2	Bill Foulkes
LB	3	Roger Byrne (c)
RH	4	Eddie Colman
CH	5	Jackie Blanchflower
LH	6	Duncan Edwards
OR	7	Johnny Berry
IR	8	Billy Whelan
CF	9	Tommy Taylor
IL	10	Bobby Charlton
OL	11	David Pegg
Manager:
Matt Busby

References and links

"All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History.
"Aston Villa 3-1 Birmingham City, 1956-57 Division One, 27 Oct 1956". AVFC History.
"Birmingham City 1-2 Aston Villa, 1956-57 Division One, 10 Apr 1957". AVFC History.
"Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
"Aston Villa Football Club | the official club website".
"BBC Four - Timeshift, Series 7, A Game of Two Eras: 1957 v 2007". BBC.

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