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Game #2517

Saturday, 10 January 1959

Attendance: 33,923

Won

FA Cup 3rd Round

3rd Round

Rotherham United

LLLLW

Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

Rotherham United

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Gerry Hitchens, scored to help Villa to victory over second division Rotherham in the third round of the FA Cup, Saturday, 10 January 1959.

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MATCH TIMELINE

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa receive respite from their League troubles as they beat division two side Rotherham in the third round of the FA Cup.

Aston Villa

Rotherham United

FIXTURE HISTORY

Rotherham United

Previous 5 vs. Rotherham: | - | - | - | - | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #27 |
Manager Game | #7 |
Saturday, 10 January 1959

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-1 |
Last 5 Games | LLLLW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Rotherham United

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

Stan Lynn and Jackie Sewell replace Dennis Jackson and Les Smith.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.53 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 35.11 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 24.27 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Joe Mercer

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
M Vic Crowe |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Peter McParland |
F Gerry Hitchens |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Ron Wylie |
F Billy Myerscough |

Rotherham United

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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