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Game #2518

Saturday, 24 January 1959

Attendance: 55,994

Won

FA Cup 4th Round

4th Round

Chelsea

LLLWW

Stamford Bridge

Chelsea

1-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Gerry Hitchens, scored successive FA Cup goals to help Villa see off Chelsea in the fourth round, Saturday, 24 January 1959.

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MATCH TIMELINE

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa play and win successive FA Cup matches as they receive respite from their League troubles following up their defeat of division two side Rotherham with a win over Chelsea in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Aston Villa

Chelsea

FIXTURE HISTORY

Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #28 |
Manager Game | #8 |
Saturday, 24 January 1959

MATCH SUMMARY

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Chelsea

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.57 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 35.15 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 24.31 |

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 |

Chelsea

Matthews, Sillett J, Sillett P, Tindall, Scott, Crowther (ex), Saunders, Block, Brabrook, Greaves (g), Gibbs. Manager: Ted Drake.

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

Not Recorded

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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