Game #2530
Aston Villa
11-4-19, 26 PTS
Friday, 27 March 1959
20th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
Lost
2-3
🟥 27 Mar 1959, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
Division One
Tottenham Hotspur
11-7-17, 29 PTS
White Hart Lane
Attendance: 45,059
On This Day
In a game full of chances and in which neither team looked like a side destined for relegation, tottenham win by the odd goal in five to move three points clear of Villa in 20th.
Joe Mercer's Villa end their best run of the season - three successive League wins - with defeat at White Hart Lane. As a result Villa make it eleven wins, four draws and nineteen losses in thirty four division one games with eight games left to play and are amidst a tight fight to avoid relegation alongside Portsmouth, Manchester and Leicester City.
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 | 🏴 |
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 sixth consecutive game.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.85 |
Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | 35.32 |
Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | 24.48 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Starting XI
Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 27' 77' |
Assist(s) | Vic Crowe | 77' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 27' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland
🥅 | 34' Goal, 1-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Bobby Smith
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 58' Goal, 1-2, (Tottenham Hotspur, pen), Cliff Jones
🥅 | 68' Goal, 1-3, (Tottenham Hotspur, pen), Terry Medwin
⚽ | 77' Goal, 2-3, Peter McParland, Assist by Vic Crowe
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 Aston Villa
Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #20 |
Friday, 27 March 1959
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
Officials
Referee: Unknown
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 58 | 🟩 22 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 25 | ⚽ 92 | 🥅 99 |
League 🕒 53 | 🟩 19 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 23 | ⚽ 87 | 🥅 95 |
FA Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 4 |
Home 🕒 27 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 12 | ⚽ 43 | 🥅 46 |
Away 🕒 31 | 🟩 12 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 13 | ⚽ 49 | 🥅 53 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 17 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 1 🟥 7 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
GK John Hollowbread | 🏴 |
LB Mel Hopkins | 🏴 |
CB Maurice Norman | 🏴 |
RB Peter Baker | 🏴 |
M Danny Blanchflower (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
M Jim Iley | 🏴 |
W Terry Medwin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Bobby Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Cliff Jones | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Johnny Brooks | 🏴 |
F Tommy Harmer | 🏴 |
Bill Nicholson | 🏴 |
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: 1950-51
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
1958-59
Playing Squad
GK Bill Beaton | 🏴 | #466 |
Goalkeeper
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GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 | #453 |
Goalkeeper
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CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 | #450 |
Centre Back
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FB Dennis Jackson | 🏴 | #456 |
Full Back
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FB Doug Winton | 🏴 | #468 |
Full Back
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FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 | #462 |
Full Back
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FB John Sharples | 🏴 | #463 |
Full Back
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LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 | #426 |
Full Back
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RB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | #422 |
Full Back
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M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | #447 |
Midfielder
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M Trevor Birch | 🏴 | #442 |
Midfielder
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M Vic Crowe | 🏴 | #439 |
Midfielder
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W Jack Willis | 🏴 | #464 |
Winger
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W Ken Barrett | 🏴 | #465 |
Winger
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W Les Smith | 🏴 | #452 |
Winger
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W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | #431 |
Winger
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W Tommy Southren | 🏴 | #443 |
Winger
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F Billy Myerscough | 🏴 | #455 |
Forward
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CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | #460 |
Forward
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F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 | #448 |
Forward
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F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | #396 |
Forward
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CF Ron Wylie | 🏴 | #467 |
Forward
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F Wally Hazelden | 🏴 | #459 |
Forward
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Match Media
