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Game #2542

Monday, 31 August 1959

Attendance: 23,188

Won

Division Two

Sunderland

DWLWW

Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-0

Sunderland

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Gerry Hitchens, scored his first goals of the season - a brace - as Villa see off Sunderland to make it three wins from four, Monday, 31 August 1959.

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ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa make it successive wins as they gain quick revenge for their defeat at Roker Park by beating Sunderland and making it two home wins from two and three wins in four so far this season.

Meanwhile, forward Bobby Thomson made a goalscoring debut aged 22 after joining from Wolverhampton Wanderers in June 1959.

Aston Villa

Sunderland

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sunderland

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #32 |
Monday, 31 August 1959

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 3-0 |
Last 5 Games | DWLWW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Sunderland

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

Jimmy Dugdale and Bobby Thomson (debut) replace Terry Morrall and Jimmy Adam.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.48 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 31.22 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 22.46 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Joe Mercer

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims |
FB John Neal |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
M Vic Crowe |
M Pat Saward |
W Jimmy MacEwan |
F Peter McParland |
F Gerry Hitchens |
F Ron Wylie |
F Bobby Thomson |

Sunderland

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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