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Game #2541
Aston Villa
2-0-1, 4 PTS
Saturday, 29 August 1959
Won
5th
Last 5: ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
Division Two
Swansea City
1-0-2, 2 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 34,666
Aston Villa
1-0
Swansea Town
Assist(s) | Jimmy Adams | 7' |
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 29 August 1959
โฝ | 7' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Jimmy Adam
๐ | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Swansea City
๐ | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Swansea City
Match Statistics
Not recorded
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 29 August 1959
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
Aston Villa
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Swansea City
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Aston Villa
Swansea City
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Saturday, 29 August 1959
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MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Major C. H. Dennis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Redhill, -1960
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
Last 5: ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1958-1964
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
๐ 28 | ๐ฉ | 11 ๐จ 5 ๐ฅ 12 | 1.36
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Major C. H. Dennis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Redhill, -1960
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
CARDS
None
None
TEAM NEWS
Gerry Hitchens replaces Jackie Sewell.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.38 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 31.22 |
Youngest Player |
CB Terry Morrall | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 20.78 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1958-1964
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB John Neal | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Stan Lynn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Terry Morrall | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Vic Crowe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Pat Saward | ๐ฎ๐ช |
W Jimmy Adam | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
W Jimmy MacEwan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
F Peter McParland | ๐ฌ๐ง | โฝ |
F Gerry Hitchens | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Ron Wylie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
MANAGER
Trevor Morris | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
Swansea City
GK John King | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
RB Dai Thomas | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
D Harry Griffiths | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
D Brian Hughes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
CB Mel Nurse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
RB Allan Sanders | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Len Allchurch | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
W Dave Dodson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Reg Davies | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
F Colin Webster | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
F Brayley Reynolds | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Player Positions:
โ
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Halfโจ
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
โ
Match Symbols:
โ
โฝ | Goal
๐ฅ | Assist
๐ | Substitution
๐จ | Booking
๐ฅ | Sending off
๐ | Poor refereeing performance
๐ข : Debut ๐ด : Final Game
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Nigel Sims | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ฌ๐ง : 10/11
SQUAD STATS
Swansea XI:
Home Nation ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ฌ๐ง : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Reported
Media & Commentary
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORTS
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