Game #2529
Aston Villa
Saturday, 21 March 1959
Won
20th (-)
WWLWW
Division One
Attendance: 27,401
Luton Town
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
Saturday, 21 March 1959
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
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
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 |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 19 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 2 🟥 7 | 1.68
Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Luton Town
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
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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