Game #2556
Aston Villa
11-5-2, 27 PTS
Saturday, 14 November 1959
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
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 | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Matchday Squad:
None
Joe Mercer names the same line up for the fourth consecutive game and which has now been fielded in twelve of the last fourteen fixtures.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.69 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 31.43 |
Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | 22.67 |
Villa bounce back from their shock defeat at Anfield - their first in 15 games - with an extraordinary performance and result at Villa Park. Villa hit Charlton for 11 goals, Gerry Hitchens scores 5, and Villa record their biggest ever league win.
Joe Mercer's Villa bounce back from their second defeat in seventeen to record an astonishing win over Charlton as they hammer the Londoners eleven goals to one at Villa Park. As a result Villa make it eleven wins, five draws and two defeats in eighteen division two games so far this season as their excellent start to life in the second tier continues.
Won
11-1
🟩 14 Nov 1959, Villa 11-1 Charlton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 2' | 29' | 40' | 46' | 60' | Bobby Thomson | 26' | 65' | Ron Wylie | 63' | Jimmy MacEwan | 69' | Peter McParland | 72' | 86' |
Assist(s) | Bobby Thomson | 2' | 29' | 72' | Vic Crowe | 26' | Stan Lynn | 40' | Nigel Sims | 46' | Peter McParland | 60' | Gerry Hitchens | 63' | Jimmy MacEwan | 65' | Ron Wylie | 69' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Bobby Thomson
🥅 | 22' Goal, 1-1, (Charlton Athletic), Dennis Edwards
⚽ | 26' Goal, 2-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Vic Crowe
⚽ | 29' Goal, 3-1, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Bobby Thomson
⚽ | 40' Goal, 4-1, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Stan Lynn
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-1 Charlton Athletic
⚽ | 46' Goal, 5-1, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Nigel Sims
⚽ | 60' Goal, 6-1, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Peter McParland
🚑 | 60' Player retires from field of play with injury (Charlton Athletic), Willy Duff
⚽ | 63' Goal, 7-1, Ron Wylie, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
⚽ | 65' Goal, 8-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 69' Goal, 9-1, Jimmy MacEwan, Assist by Ron Wylie
🚑 | 70' Player returns to field of play (Charlton Athletic), Willy Duff
⚽ | 72' Goal, 10-1, Peter McParland, Assist by Bobby Thomson
⚽ | 86' Goal, 11-1, Peter McParland
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 11-1 Charlton Athletic
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #46 |
Saturday, 14 November 1959
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Les Tirebuck | 🏴 | Halifax, 1956-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 11-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
Referee: Les Tirebuck | 🏴 | Halifax, 1956-1963
Previous 5 vs. Charlton: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 43 | 🟩 | 20 🟨 10 🟥 13 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division Two
Charlton Athletic
6-7-4, 19 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 21,997
GK Willie Duff | 🏴 |
RB John Sewell | 🏴 |
CB Derek Ufton | 🏴 |
D Don Townsend | 🏴 |
D Marvin Hinton | 🏴 |
M Fred Lucas | 🏴 |
W Sammy Lawrie | 🏴 |
W Johnny Summers | 🏴 |
F Bill Kiernan | 🏴 |
F Dennis Edwards | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Stuart Leary | 🇿🇦 |
Jimmy Trotter | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1946-47
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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