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Game #2558

Saturday, 28 November 1959

Attendance: 37,367

Won

Division Two

Scunthorpe United

WLWWW

Villa Park

Aston Villa

5-0

Scunthorpe United

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Gerry Hitchens, made it ten in three games as Villa hammer Scunthorpe, Saturday, 28 November 1959.

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ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa continue their extraordinary season as they record a second successive 5-0 win, following on from their 11-1 annihilation of Charlton to make it twenty one goals in three games and thirteen wins, five draws and two defeats in twenty division two games so far this season as their excellent start to life in the second tier continues.

Aston Villa

Scunthorpe United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Scunthorpe United

Previous 5 vs. Scunthorpe: None

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #48 |
Saturday, 28 November 1959

MATCH SUMMARY

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Scunthorpe United

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TEAM NEWS

Joe Mercer names the same line up for the sixth consecutive game and which has now been fielded in fourteen of the last sixteen fixtures.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.72 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 31.47 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 22.70 |

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 |

Scunthorpe United

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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