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Game #2535

Saturday, 18 April 1959

Attendance: 27,097

Drew

Division One

21st (-1)

Burnley

LDLLD

Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-0

Burnley

Assist(s) | None |

KEY MAN

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ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa end a run of four defeats in five and draw for the third time in four to make it eleven wins, six draws and twenty two losses in thirty nine division one games with just three games - all away - left to play in a tight relegation fight.

Aston Villa

Burnley

FIXTURE HISTORY

Burnley

Previous 5 vs. Burnley: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #25 |
Saturday, 18 April 1959

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 0-0 |
Last 5 Games | LDLLD |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Burnley

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 29.30 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 35.38 |

Youngest Player |
F Peter McParland | 25.00 |

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 Ron Wylie |
F Peter McParland |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Billy Myerscough |

Burnley

Blacklaw, Angus, Adamson, Cummings, Seith, Pilkington, Miller, McIlroy, Cheesebrough, Pointer, Connelly. Manager: Harry Potts.

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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