Game #2529
Aston Villa
11-4-18, 26 PTS
Saturday, 21 March 1959
20th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
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 Les Smith | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Forwards
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
Unavailable
None
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 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa secure a well deserved fifth league win in ten under Joe Mercer to remain one place off the relegation spots with nine first division games left to play. Villa had now opened a five point gap to the bottom two clubs, Portsmouth and Leicester City and were one point behind fellow strugglers Tottenham, Manchester City and Luton. Villa now faced Tottenham twice in the next three games with the opportunity to climb well clear of any risk of relegation.
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.
Starting XI
Won
3-1
🟩 21 Mar 1959, Villa 3-1 Luton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Les Smith | 63' (pen) | Gerry Hitchens | 70' 85' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🥅 | 32' Goal, 0-1, (Luton Town), Billy Bingham
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Luton Town
⚽ | 63' Goal, 1-1, Les Smith, pen
⚽ | 70' Goal, 2-1, Gerry Hitchens
⚽ | 85' Goal, 3-1, Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Luton Town
Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #19 |
Saturday, 21 March 1959
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Sandy Griffiths | 🏴 | Abertillery, 1959
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: Sandy Griffiths | 🏴 | Abertillery, 1959
Linesmen: D. Underwood; H. G. Stennett
Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 13 | 🟩 W6 (46% ) | 🟨 D2 | 🇺(62% ) | 🟥 L5 (38% ) | ⚽ 20 | 🥅 17 | GD 3
Match Stats
Not recorded
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 16 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 1 🟥 6 | 1.75
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
Division One
Luton Town
9-9-11, 27 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,401
GK Ron Baynham | 🏴 |
D Ken Hawkes | 🏴 |
CB Terry Kelly | 🏴 |
RB Seamus Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
M Dave Pacey | 🏴 |
M Bob Morton | 🏴 |
M Ken Groves | 🏴 |
W Billy Bingham | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴 |
F George Cummins | 🇮🇪 |
F Allan Brown | 🏴 |
Syd Owen | 🏴 |
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: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Ron Baynham | 🏴 |
Defenders
D Ken Hawkes | 🏴 |
CB Terry Kelly | 🏴 |
Full Backs
RB Seamus Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
Midfielders
M Dave Pacey | 🏴 |
M Bob Morton | 🏴 |
M Ken Groves | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Billy Bingham | 🇬🇧 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴 |
Forwards
F George Cummins | 🇮🇪 |
F Allan Brown | 🏴 |
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 |
