Game #2553
Aston Villa
9-5-1, 23 PTS
Saturday, 24 October 1959
Drew
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
Division Two
Attendance: 26,394
Derby County
Baseball Ground
4-2-8, 10 PTS
Derby County
2-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 75' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa are held to a fourth successive away draw by struggling Derby and remain top of the table but with their lead cut to 1 point.
KEY MAN
Peter McParland, scored a brace to extend Villa's unbeaten run to thirteen games, Saturday, 24 October 1959.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 October 1959
🥅 | 40' Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Johnny Hannigan
🕒 | HT Derby County 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 56' Goal, 0-2, (Derby County), Jack Parry
⚽ | 75' Goal, 1-2, Peter McParland, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 77' Goal, 2-2, Peter McParland
🕒 | FT Derby County 2-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa extend their unbeaten run to thirteen to make it nine wins, five draws and a defeat in fifteen division two games so far this season as their excellent start to life in the second tier continues.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Derby County
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1945-46
FIXTURE HISTORY
Derby County
Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #43 |
Saturday, 24 October 1959
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Aubrey Moore | 🏴 | Lowestoft, -1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 40 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 10 🟥 12 | 1.6
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Aubrey Moore | 🏴 | Lowestoft, -1962
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Aubrey Moore
CARDS
Villa
None
Derby County
None
TEAM NEWS
Joe Mercer reverts to the same line up fielded in nine of the previous eleven games as Vic Crowe returns in place of Johnny Dixon.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.63 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 31.37 |
Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | 22.61 |
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 | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Harry Storer Jr. | 🏴 |
Derby County
GK Ken Oxford | 🏴 |
RB Geoff Barrowcliffe | 🏴 |
CB Leslie Moore | 🏴 |
CB Frank Upton | 🏴 |
LB Roy Martin | 🏴 |
LB Glyn Davies | 🏴 |
M Jack Parry | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tommy Powell | 🏴 |
W Johnny Hannigan | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F George Darwin | 🏴 |
CF Peter Thompson | 🏴 |
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Derby XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
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
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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