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Game #2513

Aston Villa

6-4-13, 16 PTS

Saturday, 20 December 1958

Birmingham City

4-1

Aston Villa

Division One

Birmingham City

8-4-10, 20 PTS

St Andrew's

Attendance: 31,857

Lost

22nd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa are crushed at St Andrew's as they are well beaten by Birmingham to sit one point adrift at the bottom of the table with no sign of a new manager six games after the departure of Eric Houghton.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 20 December 1958

⚽ | 26' Goal, 1-0, Wally Hazelden
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 61' Goal, 1-1, (Birmingham City, pen), Gordon Astall
🥅 | 67' Goal, 1-2, (Birmingham City), Alex Jackson
🥅 | 77' Goal, 1-3 (Birmingham City), Alex Jackson
🥅 | 87' Goal, 1-4 (Birmingham City), Neal
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 4-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Managerless Villa to make it six wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in twenty three division one games so far this season.

Meanwhile, forward Wally Hazelden made his final appearance for Villa aged 17 before moving on to Wigan Athletic in July 1960. Hazelden played for Villa in 1957-58 and 1958-59 making nineteen appearances and scoring five goals.

Aston Villa

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

Birmingham City

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Birmingham City

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 20 December 1958

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Management Committee 1958 (Caretaker)
Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Colchester, 1955-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Management Committee 1958

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 5 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 1 🟥 2 | 1.4

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Colchester, 1955-1963
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Wally Hazelden replaces Ron Wylie.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.41 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.05 |

Youngest Player |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.86 |

MANAGER

Management Committee 1958

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔴 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Pat Beasley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Gil Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jeff Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dick Neal Jr. | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Johnny Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gordon Astall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bunny Larkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alex Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS

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Birmingham XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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