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Game #2534

Aston Villa

11-5-22, 27 PTS

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Saturday, 11 April 1959

21st (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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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

Injury | 1 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Jackie Sewell replaces Gerry Hitchens.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 29.28 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.36 |

Youngest Player |
F Peter McParland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.98 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

On This Day
  • Villa fall into the bottom two with four to play as a half time lead at Deepdale turns into a 2-4 defeat thanks to ex. Villain Tommy Thompson's goals. Meanwhile Leicester leapfrog Villa courtesy of their draw with West Ham.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa suffer a fourth defeat in five to make it eleven wins, five draws and twenty two losses in thirty eight division one games with four games left to play and a tight fight to avoid relegation continues.

Starting XI
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

144

144

🔥

0

0

🟩

55

🟨

34

🟥

55

31

🥅

241

FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

14

14

🔥

0

0

🟩

6

🟨

2

🟥

6

CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

147

147

🔥

2

1

🟩

57

🟨

35

🟥

55

LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

294

294

🔥

1

2

🟩

115

🟨

73

🟥

106

M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

126

126

🔥

1

6

🟩

45

🟨

25

🟥

56

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

128

128

🔥

25

36

🟩

50

🟨

31

🟥

47

W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

220

220

🔥

68

31

🟩

72

🟨

58

🟥

90

F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

421

421

🔥

143

62

🟩

162

🟨

106

🟥

153

F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

142

142

🔥

40

27

🟩

51

🟨

37

🟥

54

F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

70

70

🔥

17

11

🟩

26

🟨

16

🟥

28

CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

22

22

🔥

2

4

🟩

11

🟨

1

🟥

10

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

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Lost

2-4

🟥 11 Apr 1959, Villa 2-4 Preston, Deepdale
Scorer(s) | Jackie Sewell | 26' | Billy Myerscough | 44' |

Assist(s) | Les Smith | 26' | 44' |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 20' Goal, 0-1, (Preston North End), Sammy Taylor
⚽ | 26' Goal, 1-1, Jackie Sewell, Assist by Les Smith
⚽ | 44' Goal, 2-1, Billy Myerscough, Assist by Les Smith
🕒 | HT Preston North End 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49' Goal, 2-2, (Preston North End), Tommy Thompson
🥅 | 60' Goal, 2-3, (Preston North End), Taylor
🥅 | 89' Goal, 2-4, (Preston North End), Tommy Thompson
🕒 | FT Preston North End 4-2 Aston Villa

Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Saturday, 11 April 1959

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Peter Rhodes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, 1958-1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: Peter Rhodes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, 1958-1965

Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 90 | 🟩 W46 (51% ) | 🟨 D10 | 🇺(62% ) | 🟥 L34 (38% ) | ⚽ 167 | 🥅 137 | GD 30

Match Stats

Not recorded

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 21 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 2 🟥 10 | 1.38

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

What they Said

Division One

Preston North End

17-5-18, 39 PTS

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Deepdale

Attendance: 12,244

GK Fred Else | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Joe Walton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Willie Cunningham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CH Harry Mattinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Dagger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Sammy Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jimmy Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Tommy Thompson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Dennis Hatsell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Cliff Britton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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: 1937–38

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

League Table
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1958-59
Playing Squad
GK Bill Beaton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #466 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #453 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Dennis Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #456 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #468 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #462 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
FB John Sharples | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #463 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #426 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #422 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | #447 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Trevor Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #442 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #439 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Jack Willis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #464 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Ken Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #465 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #452 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | #431 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #443 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #455 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #460 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #448 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #396 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #467 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #459 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
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🏆 European Cup Winners: (1) 1981-82

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Champions: (7) 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆  FA Cup Winners: (7) 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Cup Winners: (5) 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96

🏆 🏆 Second Division Champions: (2) 1937-38, 1959-60

🏆 Third Division Champions: (1) 1971-72

🏆 European Super Cup Winners: (1) 1982-83

🏆 Intertoto Cup Winners: (1) 2001-02

🏆 Peace Cup Winners: (1) 2009 (Friendly)

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 FA Youth Cup Winners: (5) 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
🏆 NextGen Series Winners: (1) 2012-13
🏆 Premier League Cup Winners: (1) 2017-18
🏆 u18s Premier League Champions (3): 2024-25, 2007-08, 2003-04
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: (20) 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Premier Reserve League Champions: (5) 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12
🏆 🏆 🏆 Central League Champions: (3) 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

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