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Game #2537

Saturday, 25 April 1959

Attendance: 39,661

Drew

Division One

21st (-)

Manchester City

LLDLD

Maine Road

Manchester City

0-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa without a win in eight, secure a draw and a point against relegation rivals Manchester City to make it eleven wins, seven draws and twenty three losses in forty one division one games with one final game to play - away from home - with Villa needing to win to avoid relegation.

Aston Villa

Manchester City

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 25 April 1959

MATCH SUMMARY

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Manchester City

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

Stan Lynn, Pat Saward and Billy Myerscough replace Peter Aldis, Les Smith and Jackie Sewell.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.45 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 35.40 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 24.56 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Joe Mercer

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims |
FB Stan Lynn |
FB Doug Winton |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
M Vic Crowe |
M Pat Saward |
F Ron Wylie |
F Billy Myerscough |
F Peter McParland |
F Gerry Hitchens |
F Johnny Dixon |

Manchester City

Trautmann, McTavish, Branagan, Leivers, Barnes, Barlow, Sambrook, Hayes, Cheetham, Fagan, Johnstone. Manager: Les McDowall.

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

Not Recorded

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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