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Game #2522

Aston Villa

8-4-17, 20 PTS

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Wednesday, 18 February 1959

21st (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF 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

Goalkeepers
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Wingers
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

Forwards
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

None

Team News

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.52 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.22 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.38 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

1-0

🟩 18 Feb 1959, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Jackie Sewell | 55' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Blackburn Rovers
⚽ | 55' Goal, 1-0, Jackie Sewell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #12 |
Wednesday, 18 February 1959

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Gilbert Pullin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1951-1961
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Gilbert Pullin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1951-1961
Linesmen: V. A. Bristow; R. L. J. Hamblin

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 101 | 🟩 W47 (47% ) | 🟨 D21 | 🇺(67% ) | 🟥 L33 (33% ) | ⚽ 199 | 🥅 176 | GD 23

Match Stats

Not recorded

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 9 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 0 🟥 4 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Division One

Blackburn Rovers

11-7-10, 29 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 30,050

GK Harry Leyland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D David Whelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Matt Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Mick McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Ken Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ronnie Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ally MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Bryan Douglas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Swindells | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Dobing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Roy Vernon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Dally Duncan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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: 1927–28

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Harry Leyland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
D David Whelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Matt Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Mick McGrath | 🇮🇪 |

Full Backs
RB Ken Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Ronnie Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Ally MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Bryan Douglas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Jackie Swindells | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Dobing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Roy Vernon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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On This Day
  • Villa's fifth win in six sees Villa climb off the foot of the table for the first time since the start of November but dense fog means the onlookers can barely tell.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa win for the fifth time in six under his leadership as Villa now have eight wins, four draws and seventeen losses in twenty nine division one games.

Starting XI
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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132

132

🔥

0

0

🟩

51

🟨

32

🟥

49

29

🥅

224

FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

2

2

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

0

🟥

0

CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

135

135

🔥

2

1

🟩

53

🟨

33

🟥

49

LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

282

282

🔥

1

2

🟩

111

🟨

71

🟥

100

M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

114

114

🔥

1

5

🟩

41

🟨

23

🟥

50

W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

208

208

🔥

62

31

🟩

68

🟨

56

🟥

84

F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

131

131

🔥

38

26

🟩

47

🟨

35

🟥

49

F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

409

409

🔥

142

62

🟩

158

🟨

104

🟥

147

F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

65

65

🔥

16

11

🟩

26

🟨

14

🟥

25

CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

49

49

🔥

22

10

🟩

20

🟨

7

🟥

22

CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

11

11

🔥

2

4

🟩

7

🟨

0

🟥

4

Substitutes
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Sub 1

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Sub 2

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Sub 3

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Sub 4

🟩

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Sub 5

🟩

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Match Media
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