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Game #2554

Aston Villa

10-5-1, 25 PTS

Saturday, 31 October 1959

Aston Villa

2-0

Plymouth Argyle

Division Two

Plymouth Argyle

3-4-8, 10 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 35,531

Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

Assist(s) | Ron Wylie | 9' | Pat Saward | 17' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa's seventh successive home league win sees them reopen a two point lead at the top of the table.

KEY MAN

Peter McParland, scored a third in two to extend Villa's unbeaten run to fourteen games, Saturday, 31 October 1959.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 31 October 1959

⚽ | 9' Goal, 1-0, Jimmy MacEwan, Assist by Ron Wylie
⚽ | 17' Goal, 2-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Pat Saward
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Plymouth Argyle
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Plymouth Argyle

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa extend their unbeaten run to fourteen as they make it ten wins, five draws and a defeat in sixteen 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

Plymouth Argyle

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Plymouth Argyle

Previous 5 vs. Plymouth: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #44 |
Saturday, 31 October 1959

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: N. Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, -1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 41 | 🟩 | 19 🟨 10 🟥 12 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: N. Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, -1961
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Joe Mercer names the same line up fielded in ten of the previous twelve games.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.65 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.39 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 22.63 |

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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

Jack Rowley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Plymouth Argyle

GK Geoff Barnsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Terry Stacey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Reg Wyatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Wally Bellett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Len Casey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Johnny Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ronnie Waldock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Peter Kearns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alex Govan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Harry Penk | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Wilf Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

SQUAD STATS

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Plymouth XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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