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Game #2518

Aston Villa

Saturday, 24 January 1959

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Won

4th Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

FA Cup

Chelsea

Stamford Bridge

Attendance: 55,994

🟩 24 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

Chelsea

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Billy Myerscough | 21' | Peter McParland | 25' |

🟩 24 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 January 1959

🥅 | 5' Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Jimmy Greaves
⚽ | 21' Goal, 1-1, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Billy Myerscough
⚽ | 25' Goal, 2-1, Billy Myerscough, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-2 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Chelsea 1-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 24 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 24 January 1959
  • With a two week break, Villa use it wisely and return from a team break at Lilleshall to win a second successive game under Joe Mercer - this time against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Next is a real league test against .... Chelsea.

  • 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.

🟩 24 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Chelsea

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55

FIXTURE HISTORY
Chelsea
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Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 24 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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

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🟩 24 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jack Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1956-1959
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 5 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 0 🟥 3 | 1.2

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 24 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jack Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1956-1959

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 24 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.57 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.15 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.31 |

Referee

🟩 24 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Ted Drake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Chelsea

GK Reg Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Sillett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Sillett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mel Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Crowther (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Derek Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Micky Block | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Brabrook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jimmy Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Derek Gibbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ron Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 24 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 24 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Squad Bios

🟩 24 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

SQUAD STATS
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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS
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Chelsea XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

🟩 24 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 24 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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None

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 24 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 24 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 24 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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