Game #2552
Aston Villa
9-4-1, 22 PTS
Saturday, 17 October 1959
Won
1st (-)
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ
Division Two
Attendance: 34,773
Middlesbrough
Villa Park
6-4-3, 16 PTS
Aston Villa
1-0
Middlesbrough
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa return to Villa Park after three away draws and beat 4th placed Boro to make it six consecutive home League wins. Villa remain two points clear at the top of the table with a third of the season already played.
KEY MAN
Stan Lynn, scored to extend Villa's unbeaten run to twelve games, Saturday, 17 October 1959.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 17 October 1959
๐ | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough
โฝ | 67' Goal, 1-0, Stan Lynn
๐ | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa extend their unbeaten run to twelve as they win for the first time in four to make it nine wins, four draws and a defeat in fourteen division two games so far this season as their excellent start to life in the second tier continues.
Aston Villa
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Middlesbrough
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: โ
FIXTURE HISTORY
Middlesbrough
Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #42 |
Saturday, 17 October 1959
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: R. E. Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Monmouth, -1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: ๐จ 0-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
๐ 39 | ๐ฉ | 18 ๐จ 9 ๐ฅ 12 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: R. E. Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Monmouth, -1962
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
R. E. Smith
CARDS
Villa
None
Middlesbrough
None
TEAM NEWS
Johnny Dixon replaces Vic Crowe.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.35 |
Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 35.88 |
Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 22.59 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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 | โฝ |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Pat Saward | ๐ฎ๐ช |
W Jimmy MacEwan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
F Peter McParland | ๐ฌ๐ง |
F Gerry Hitchens | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Ron Wylie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
F Bobby Thomson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
F Johnny Dixon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
MANAGER
Bob Dennison | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Middlesbrough
GK Peter Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Ray Bilcliff | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Brian Phillips | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Mick McNeil | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RH Dennis Windross | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Ray Yeoman | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Bill Harris | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
W Billy Day | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Ron Burbeck | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Willie Fernie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CF Derek McLean | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ 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
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
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Boro 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
UNAVAILABLE
International Duty | 1 |
M Vic Crowe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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