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Game #2520

Aston Villa

7-4-17, 18 PTS

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Saturday, 7 February 1959

22nd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

None

Team News

Joe Mercer names the same line up for the fourth consecutive game.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.61 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.19 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.35 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

1-2

🟥 7 Feb 1959, Villa 1-2 Blackpool, Bloomfield
Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 29' |

Assist(s) | Vic Crowe | 29' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 29' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Vic Crowe
🕒 | HT Blackpool 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 79' Goal, 1-1, (Blackpool), Dave Durie
🥅 | 89' Goal, 1-2, (Blackpool), Ray Charnley
🕒 | FT Blackpool 2-1 Aston Villa

Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #10 |
Saturday, 7 February 1959

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jim Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rotherham, 1959-1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Officials

Referee: Jim Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rotherham, 1959-1962

Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 37 | 🟩 W15 (41% ) | 🟨 D10 | 🇺(68% ) | 🟥 L12 (32% ) | ⚽ 69 | 🥅 58 | GD 11

Match Stats

Not recorded

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 7 | 🟩 | 3 🟨 0 🟥 4 | 1.29

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

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Division One

Blackpool

11-10-6, 32 PTS

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Bloomfield Road

Attendance: 13,704

GK George Farm | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Roy Gratrix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Tommy Garrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jimmy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Hauser | 🇿🇦 |
M Jimmy Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Stanley Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Durie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bill Perry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ray Charnley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Jackie Mudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Ron Suart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1952-53

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

130

130

🔥

0

0

🟩

49

🟨

32

🟥

49

28

🥅

223

RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

251

251

🔥

31

6

🟩

88

🟨

69

🟥

94

CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

133

133

🔥

2

1

🟩

51

🟨

33

🟥

49

LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

280

280

🔥

1

2

🟩

109

🟨

71

🟥

100

M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

112

112

🔥

1

5

🟩

39

🟨

23

🟥

50

W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

206

206

🔥

61

29

🟩

66

🟨

56

🟥

84

F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

129

129

🔥

37

26

🟩

45

🟨

35

🟥

49

F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

407

407

🔥

142

62

🟩

156

🟨

104

🟥

147

F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

63

63

🔥

16

11

🟩

24

🟨

14

🟥

25

CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

47

47

🔥

21

9

🟩

18

🟨

7

🟥

22

CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

9

9

🔥

0

3

🟩

5

🟨

0

🟥

4

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa lose to a last minute winner from Blackpool to end a run of three victories under Joe Mercer.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa follow up their first League win in five with defeat to make it seven wins, four draws and seventeen losses in twenty eight division one games.

What they Said

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