Game #2539
Aston Villa
1-0-0, 2 PTS
Saturday, 22 August 1959
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
CB Terry Morrall | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴 | 🟢 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
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 Terry Morrall | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
Wingers
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Forwards
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
Team News
Joe Mercer hands debuts to Terry Morrall, Jimmy Adam and Jimmy MacEwan as Villa look to bounce back to the top flight at the first attempt after the previous season’s relegation.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.30 |
Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 | 32.60 |
Youngest Player |
CB Terry Morrall | 🏴 | 20.76 |
Debut Appearances
🟢 CB Terry Morrall | 🏴 | #469 | Youth team promotion
🟢 W Jimmy Adam | 🏴 | #470 | Free transfer from Luton
🟢 W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | #471 | £8,000 siging from Raith
Final Appearances
None
Won
2-1
🟩 22 Aug 1959, Villa 2-1 Brighton, Goldstone
Scorer(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 23' | Jackie Sewell | 86'
Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 86' |
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1' Debut, Jimmy MacEwan, Jimmy Adam, Terry Morrall
⚽ | 23' Goal, 1-0, Jimmy MacEwan
🥅 | 36' Goal, 1-1, (Brighton & Hove Albion), John Shepherd
🕒 | HT Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 86' Goal, 2-1, Jackie Sewell, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | FT Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #29 |
Saturday, 22 August 1959
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴 | Colchester, 1957-1963
Kick off: 3.15pm
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Officials
Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴 | Colchester, 1957-1963
Linesmen: J. R. S. Henham (London); D. D. Juggins (Essex)
Previous 5 vs. Brighton: 🟥 🟨 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 4 | 🟩 W2 (50% ) | 🟨 D1 | 🇺(75% ) | 🟥 L1 (25% ) | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 6 | GD 2
Match Stats
Not recorded
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 26 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 5 🟥 11 | 1.35
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Division Two
Brighton & Hove Albion
0-0-1, 0 PTS
Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 31,828
GK Eric Gill | 🏴 |
RB Bob McNicol | 🏴 |
RB Roy Little | 🏴 |
CB Roy Jennings | 🏴 |
M Glen Wilson | 🏴 |
M Fred Jones | 🏴 |
M Jack Bertolini | 🏴 |
W Mike Tiddy | 🏴 |
F John Shepherd | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Ian McNeill | 🏴 |
CF Bill Curry | 🏴 |
Billy Lane | 🏴 |
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: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Eric Gill | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Roy Jennings | 🏴 |
Full Backs
RB Bob McNicol | 🏴 |
RB Roy Little | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Glen Wilson | 🏴 |
M Fred Jones | 🏴 |
M Jack Bertolini | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Mike Tiddy | 🏴 |
Forwards
F John Shepherd | 🏴 |
F Ian McNeill | 🏴 |
CF Bill Curry | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
Villa leave it late but open their second division championship challenge with a win.
Joe Mercer's Villa play their first game in the second tier for twenty two years following the previous season's relegation to win away at the Goldstone Ground.
Meanwhile, wingers Jimmy Adam, 28, and Jimmy MacEwan, 30, made their Villa debuts after moving from Luton Town earlier this month and Raith Rovers in July 1959 respectively. MacEwan scored on his debut.
Whilst centre back Terry Morrall also made his first appearance for Villa aged 20 after joining from Church Rovers in 1953.
Starting XI
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Match Media
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