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
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.
Starting XI
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
Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 95 | 🟩 W37 (39% ) | 🟨 D17 | 🇺(57% ) | 🟥 L41 (43% ) | ⚽ 169 | 🥅 158 | GD 11
Match Stats
Not recorded
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 10 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 0 🟥 5 | 1.5
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
What they Said
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
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 |
