Game #2536
Aston Villa
11-6-23, 28 PTS
Monday, 20 April 1959
20th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 | 🔴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 | 🔴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 |
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
Goalkeepers
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Les J Smith | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Forwards
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
Unavailable
None
Team News
Gerry Hitchens replaces Billy Myerscough.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.92 |
Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | 35.38 |
Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | 24.55 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
🔴 FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 | 1951-59 🕒 296 | ✅ 296 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 - | #426 |
🔴 W Les Smith | 🏴 | 1956-59 🕒 130 | ✅ 130 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 25 | 🔥 36 | 🇺 - | #451 |
On This Day
Disaster at the City Ground as Villa go two behind within twelve minutes and cannot recover. Villa though remain outside of the relegation zone on goal average with bottom two side Manchester City, who lost heavily to West Ham, up next.
Joe Mercer's Villa without a win in seven, suffer a fifth defeat over the period to make it eleven wins, six draws and twenty three losses in forty division one games with just two games left to play and a tight relegation fight reaching its seemingly inevitable end.
Meanwhile, full back Peter Aldis made his final appearance for Villa aged 32 before moving to Hinckley Athletic in July 1960. Aldis played for Villa between 1950-51 and 1958-59 making 296 appearances and scoring once.
Also appearing for the final time was Les Smith who made his final Villa appearance aged 31 before retiring from injury. Smith played for Villa between 1955-56 and 1958-59 making 130 appearances and scoring 25 goals.
Starting XI
Lost
0-2
🟥 20 Apr 1959, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🥅 | 4' Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Stewart Imlach
🥅 | 12' Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest), Roy Dwight
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 2-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 2-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Monday, 20 April 1959
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jack Topliss | 🏴 | Grimsby, 1953-1959
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Officials
Referee: Jack Topliss | 🏴 | Grimsby, 1953-1959
Linesmen: G. C. Palmer; N. Methley
Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 58 | 🟩 W31 (53% ) | 🟨 D12 | 🇺(74% ) | 🟥 L15 (26% ) | ⚽ 118 | 🥅 74 | GD 44
Match Stats
Not recorded
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 23 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 3 🟥 11 | 1.3
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
What they Said
Division One
Nottingham Forest
17-6-17, 40 PTS
City Ground
Attendance: 18,953
GK Chic Thomson | 🏴 |
CB Peter Watson | 🏴 |
D Geoff Thomas | 🏴 |
LB Joe McDonald | 🏴 |
M Jack Burkitt | 🏴 |
M John Quigley | 🏴 |
M Jeff Whitefoot | 🏴 |
W Billy Gray | 🏴 |
W Stewart Imlach | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Roy Dwight | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Tommy Wilson | 🏴 |
Billy Walker | 🏴 | (ex)
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: 1897-98
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Chic Thomson | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Peter Watson | 🏴 |
D Geoff Thomas | 🏴 |
Full Backs
LB Joe McDonald | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Jack Burkitt | 🏴 |
M John Quigley | 🏴 |
M Jeff Whitefoot | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Billy Gray | 🏴 |
W Stewart Imlach | 🏴 |
W Roy Dwight | 🏴 |
Forwards
CF Tommy Wilson | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
1958-59
Playing Squad
GK Bill Beaton | 🏴 | #466 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 | #453 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 | #450 |
FB Dennis Jackson | 🏴 | #456 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 | #468 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 | #462 |
FB John Sharples | 🏴 | #463 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 | #426 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | #422 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | #447 |
M Trevor Birch | 🏴 | #442 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 | #439 |
W Jack Willis | 🏴 | #464 |
W Ken Barrett | 🏴 | #465 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 | #452 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | #431 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴 | #443 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴 | #455 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | #460 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 | #448 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | #396 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴 | #467 |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴 | #459 |
