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Game #2514

Aston Villa

6-4-14, 16 PTS

Friday, 26 December 1958

Manchester United

2-1

Aston Villa

Division One

Manchester United

11-5-8, 27 PTS

Old Trafford

Attendance: 63,098

Lost

22nd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 36' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Over a month since the sacking of Eric Houghton, Villa finally have a new manager as Joe Mercer swaps the relative calm of Sheffield United for the Villa hotseat. Villa however don't respond immediately and are well beaten at Old Trafford to remain bottom of the first division.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Friday, 26 December 1958

🥅 | 20' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Albert Quixall
⚽ | 36' Goal, 1-1, Billy Myerscough, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🕒 | HT Manchester United 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 74' Goal, 1-2, (Manchester United), Dennis Violett
🕒 | FT Manchester United 2-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's first game in charge see Villa lose for a second successive game to make it six wins, four draws and fourteen defeats in twenty four division one games so far this season.

Aston Villa

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

Manchester United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #4 |
Friday, 26 December 1958

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: J. Cooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cambridgeshire, -1961
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 1 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 0 🟥 1 | 0

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: J. Cooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cambridgeshire, -1961
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Ron Wylie replaces Wally Hazelden.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 29.11 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.07 |

Youngest Player |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 24.69 |

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Matt Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester United

GK Harry Gregg | 🇬🇧 |
CB Bill Foulkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ron Cope | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Joe Carolan | 🇮🇪 |
M Freddie Goodwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Wilf McGuinness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Warren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Albert Scanlon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Mark Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Albert Quixall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dennis Viollet | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

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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United XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

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

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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