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Game #2529

Saturday, 21 March 1959

Attendance: 27,401

Won

Division One

20th (-)

Luton Town

WWLWW

Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-1

Luton Town

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Gerry Hitchens, scored a brace to make it six in three League matches as Villa win three successive League games for the first time this season, Saturday, 21 March 1959.

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MATCH TIMELINE

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa record successive League wins for the first time under his leadership and for the first time since April 1956 to make it eleven wins, four draws and eighteen losses in thirty three division one games as the change in leadership begins to show progress with nine games left to play.

Aston Villa

Luton Town

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Luton Town

Previous 5 vs. Luton: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #19 |
Saturday, 21 March 1959

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 3-1 |
Last 5 Games | WWLWW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Luton Town

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

Joe Mercer names the same line up for the fifth consecutive game.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.83 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 35.30 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 24.47 |

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 |

Luton Town

Baynham, Hawkes, Dunne, Pacey, Morton, Kelly, Groves, Bingham (g), Adam (ex), Cummins, Brown: Player Manager: Sid Owen.

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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