# 1957–58 Aston Villa F.C. season

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. In the return match of the Second City derby, Villa were beaten 2-0 at home.
Local rival "Wolves" achieved the double over Villa, part of a run of seven between 1957 and 1960.
FA Cup Holders Villa were knocked out in the third round by Second Division Stoke City in a 2nd replay.
There were debuts for Gerry Hitchens (132), Wally Hazelden (17), and Les Jones (5), Jackie Hinchliffe (2).

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 14 | Aston Villa | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 73 | 86 | 0.849 | 39 | |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 65 | 87 | 0.747 | 38 | |
| 16 | Everton | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 65 | 75 | 0.867 | 37 | |

## 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## 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
* Tommy Southren, 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
* Arthur Sabin, 1 appearance, conceded 1
* Roy Pritchard, 1 appearance
* Jett Pavars, 1 appearances