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Game #2526

Aston Villa

Saturday, 7 March 1959

Won

20th (+1)

WLDWW

Division One

Attendance: 27,631

Leeds United

Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

Leeds United

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Gerry Hitchens, scored to help Villa to a third League win in five, Saturday, 7 March 1959.

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Saturday, 7 March 1959

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa return to League action and bring their FA Cup form with them as they win for the third time in five to make it nine wins, four draws and eighteen losses in thirty one division one games.

Aston Villa

Leeds United

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leeds United

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #16 |
Saturday, 7 March 1959

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-1 |
Last 5 Games | WLDWW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Leeds United

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TEAM NEWS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.80 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 35.26 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 24.43 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Joe Mercer

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Doug Winton |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
M Vic Crowe |
W Les Smith |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Peter McParland |
F Gerry Hitchens |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Ron Wylie |

Leeds United

Burgin, Dunn, Astall, Charlton, Kerfoot, Shackleton, Overfield (g), Meek, O’Brien, Crowe, Cush. Manager: Bill Lambton.

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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