Game #2530
Aston Villa
11-4-19, 26 PTS
Friday, 27 March 1959
Tottenham Hotspur
3-2
Aston Villa
Division One
Tottenham Hotspur
11-7-17, 29 PTS
White Hart Lane
Attendance: 45,059
Lost
20th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
Assist(s) | Vic Crowe | 77' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Friday, 27 March 1959
⚽ | 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
ON THIS DAY
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.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Tottenham Hotspur
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1950-51
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #20 |
Friday, 27 March 1959
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 17 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 1 🟥 7 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: 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 |
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 | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Bill Nicholson | 🏴 |
Tottenham Hotspur
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 | 🏴 |
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
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
Spurs XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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