Game #2516
Aston Villa
6-4-16, 16 PTS
Saturday, 3 January 1959
Aston Villa
1-2
West Ham United
Division One
West Ham United
12-3-10, 39 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 29,334
Lost
22nd (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Assist(s) | Ron Wylie | 48' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 3 January 1959
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 West Ham United
⚽ | 48' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Ron Wylie
🥅 | 68' Goal, 1-1, (West Ham United), Cantwell
🥅 | 74' Goal, 1-2, (West Ham United), Jimmy Dugdale o.g.
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 West Ham United
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa begin 1959 as they ended 1958 - in torrid form - with four successive defeats to make it six wins, four draws and sixteen defeats in twenty six division one games.
Meanwhile, full back Dennis Jackson made his final appearance for Villa aged 26 before moving on to Millwall in May 1959. Jackson played for Villa between 1956-57 and 1958-59 making eight appearances.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
West Ham United
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #6 |
Saturday, 3 January 1959
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jim Pickles | 🏴 | Stockport, -1964
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 3 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 0 🟥 3 | 0
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jim Pickles | 🏴 | Stockport, -1964
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up for the first time despite three successive defeats.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.09 |
Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | 35.09 |
Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | 24.25 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Dennis Jackson | 🏴 | 🔴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Ted Fenton | 🏴 |
West Ham United
GK Ernie Gregory | 🏴 |
LB Noel Cantwell | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
D Ken Brown | 🏴 |
RB John Bond | 🏴 |
M Andy Malcolm | 🏴 |
M John Smith | 🏴 |
W Mike Grice | 🏴 |
W Malcolm Musgrove | 🏴 |
F Andy Smillie | 🏴 |
F John Dick | 🏴 |
CF Vic Keeble | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
West Ham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
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
🔴 FB Dennis Jackson | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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