Game #2523
Aston Villa
8-4-18, 20 PTS

Saturday, 21 February 1959
21st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
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

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 third consecutive game.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.53 |
Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | 35.22 |
Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | 24.39 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None

Lost
0-1
🟥 21 Feb 1959, Villa 0-1 Newcastle, St James'
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 80' Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Harry Taylor
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 1-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #13 |
Saturday, 21 February 1959

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: William Hickson | 🏴 | Wigan, 1957-1959
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
Officials
Referee: William Hickson | 🏴 | Wigan, 1957-1959
Match Stats
Not recorded
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 10 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 0 🟥 5 | 1.5
Villa Career Form:
Top 8

Division One
Newcastle United
12-3-14, 27 PTS

St James' Park
Attendance: 20,182
GK Bryan Harvey | 🏴 |
RB Dick Keith | 🇬🇧 |
LB Alf McMichael | 🇬🇧 |
M Malcolm Scott | 🏴 |
M Albert Franks | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Scoular | 🏴 |
W Harry Taylor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W John McGuigan | 🏴 |
F Ivor Allchurch | 🏴 |
F George Eastham | 🏴 |
CF Len White | 🏴 |
Charlie Mitten | 🏴 |

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: 1954-55
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
For the second successive game Villa play in atrocious conditions as they lost for only the second time in seven under Joe Mercer.
Joe Mercer's Villa lose for the second time in three League games to make it eight wins, four draws and eighteen losses in thirty division one games with Villa heading inexorably to a first relegation in over twenty years.
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Match Media
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