Game #2522
Aston Villa
8-4-17, 20 PTS
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
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
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
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
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: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
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
What they Said
Division One
Blackburn Rovers
11-7-10, 29 PTS
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 | 🏴 |
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
League Table
1958-59
Playing Squad
GK Bill Beaton | 🏴 | #466 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 | #453 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 | #450 |
FB Dennis Jackson | 🏴 | #456 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 | #468 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 | #462 |
FB John Sharples | 🏴 | #463 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 | #426 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | #422 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | #447 |
M Trevor Birch | 🏴 | #442 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 | #439 |
W Jack Willis | 🏴 | #464 |
W Ken Barrett | 🏴 | #465 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 | #452 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | #431 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴 | #443 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴 | #455 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | #460 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 | #448 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | #396 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴 | #467 |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴 | #459 |
