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Game #2510

Aston Villa

5-3-12, 13 PTS

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Saturday, 29 November 1958

22nd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Dennis Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Management Committee 1958
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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Injury | 2 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Team News

Wally Hazelden replaces Ron Wylie.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.62 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.99 |

Youngest Player |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.80 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

On This Day
  • Villa lose to a side without a home goal in two months as they remain rooted to the bottom of the table with no sign of a new manager being appointed.

  • Managerless Villa suffer a twelfth defeat in 18 games.

Starting XI
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

120

120

🔥

0

0

🟩

45

🟨

31

🟥

44

28

🥅

206

FB Dennis Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

5

5

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

0

🟥

3

CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

123

123

🔥

2

1

🟩

47

🟨

32

🟥

44

LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

270

270

🔥

1

2

🟩

105

🟨

70

🟥

95

M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

102

102

🔥

1

4

🟩

35

🟨

22

🟥

45

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

112

112

🔥

24

34

🟩

45

🟨

29

🟥

38

W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

196

196

🔥

57

27

🟩

62

🟨

55

🟥

79

F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

397

397

🔥

142

60

🟩

152

🟨

103

🟥

142

F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

18

18

🔥

4

2

🟩

4

🟨

4

🟥

10

F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

121

121

🔥

36

24

🟩

41

🟨

34

🟥

46

CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

40

40

🔥

19

9

🟩

15

🟨

6

🟥

19

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

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Lost

1-3

🟥 29 Nov 1958, Villa 1-3 Burnley, Turf Moor
Scorer(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 63' |

Assist(s) | Jackie Sewell | 63' |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Burnley 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 56' Goal, 0-1, (Burnley), John Connelly
🥅 | 59' Goal, 0-2, (Burnley, pen), Jimmy McIlroy
⚽ | 63' Goal, 1-2, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Jackie Sewell
🥅 | 88' Goal, 1-3, (Burnley), Ray Pointer
🕒 | FT Burnley 3-1 Aston Villa

Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #250 |
Saturday, 29 November 1958

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Management Committee 1958 (Caretaker)
Referee: Robert Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1950-1958
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Officials

Referee: Robert Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1950-1958

Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 83 | 🟩 W39 (47% ) | 🟨 D16 | 🇺(66% ) | 🟥 L28 (34% ) | ⚽ 176 | 🥅 137 | GD 39

Match Stats

Not recorded

Management Committee 1958

🕒 2 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 0 🟥 1 | 1.5

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

What they Said

Division One

Burnley

7-4-8, 18 PTS

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Turf Moor

Attendance: 14,923

GK Colin McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dave Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Angus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Seith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Adamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Pilkington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
W John Connelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jimmy Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ray Pointer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Harry Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1920-21

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

League Table
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1958-59
Playing Squad
GK Bill Beaton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #466 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #453 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Dennis Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #456 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #468 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #462 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB John Sharples | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #463 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #426 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #422 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | #447 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Trevor Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #442 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #439 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Jack Willis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #464 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Ken Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #465 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #452 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | #431 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #443 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #455 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #460 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #448 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #396 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #467 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #459 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
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Trophies


🏆 European Cup Winners: (1) 1981-82

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Champions: (7) 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆  FA Cup Winners: (7) 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Cup Winners: (5) 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96

🏆 🏆 Second Division Champions: (2) 1937-38, 1959-60

🏆 Third Division Champions: (1) 1971-72

🏆 European Super Cup Winners: (1) 1982-83

🏆 Intertoto Cup Winners: (1) 2001-02

🏆 Peace Cup Winners: (1) 2009 (Friendly)

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 FA Youth Cup Winners: (5) 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
🏆 NextGen Series Winners: (1) 2012-13
🏆 Premier League Cup Winners: (1) 2017-18
🏆 u18s Premier League Champions (3): 2024-25, 2007-08, 2003-04
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: (20) 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Premier Reserve League Champions: (5) 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12
🏆 🏆 🏆 Central League Champions: (3) 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

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