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Game #2513

Aston Villa

6-4-13, 16 PTS

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Saturday, 20 December 1958

22nd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 | 1 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

🔴 F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1957-58 🕒 19 | ✅ 19 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 5 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 - | #459 |

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Lost

1-4

🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
Scorer(s) | Wally Hazelden | 26' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 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

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

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Management Committee 1958 (Caretaker)
Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Colchester, 1957-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Officials

Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Colchester, 1957-1963

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 63 | 🟩 25 | 🟨 21 | 🟥 17 | ⚽ 107 | 🥅 87 |
League 🕒 60 | 🟩 23 | 🟨 20 | 🟥 17 | ⚽ 102 | 🥅 87 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
Home 🕒 31 | 🟩 15 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 5 | ⚽ 57 | 🥅 39 |
Away 🕒 32 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 12 | ⚽ 50 | 🥅 48 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Management Committee 1958

🕒 5 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 1 🟥 2 | 1.4

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

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Division One

Birmingham City

8-4-10, 20 PTS

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St Andrew's

Attendance: 31,857

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Pat Beasley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

123

123

🔥

0

0

🟩

46

🟨

32

🟥

45

28

🥅

212

RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

246

246

🔥

30

6

🟩

85

🟨

69

🟥

92

CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

126

126

🔥

2

1

🟩

48

🟨

33

🟥

45

LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

273

273

🔥

1

2

🟩

106

🟨

71

🟥

96

M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

105

105

🔥

1

4

🟩

36

🟨

23

🟥

46

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

115

115

🔥

24

34

🟩

46

🟨

30

🟥

39

W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

199

199

🔥

58

27

🟩

63

🟨

56

🟥

80

F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

400

400

🔥

142

60

🟩

153

🟨

104

🟥

143

F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

19

19

🔥

5

2

🟩

4

🟨

4

🟥

11

F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

56

56

🔥

13

9

🟩

21

🟨

14

🟥

21

F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

124

124

🔥

36

26

🟩

42

🟨

35

🟥

47

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • 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.

  • 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.

What they Said

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