Game #2560
Aston Villa
14-5-3, 33 PTS
Saturday, 12 December 1959
Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division Two
Attendance: 54,763
Cardiff City
Villa Park
12-6-3, 30 PTS
Aston Villa
2-0
Cardiff City
Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 77' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Described as a game that none of the 50,000 who attended will ever forget, Villa and Cardiff go toe to toe in a high tempo battle of two excellent football teams. Villa though, with the edge, take the win and continue their unbeaten home run. Villa remain one point ahead of Rotherham at the top of the table but open a three point gap to Cardiff in third and are now seven points clear of 4th placed Middlesbrough.
KEY MAN
Jimmy Adam, scored for the second successive game as Villa make it fourteen wins in twenty two division two games, Saturday, 12 December 1959.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 December 1959
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Cardiff City
⚽ | 77' Goal, 1-0, Jimmy Adam, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 89' Goal, 2-0, Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff City
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa bounce back from their shock defeat at Millmoor to beat Cardiff and make it fourteen wins, five draws and three defeats, all away, in twenty two division two games so far this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Cardiff City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1926-27
FIXTURE HISTORY
Cardiff City
Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #50 |
Saturday, 12 December 1959
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: H Webb | 🏴 | Leeds, -1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 47 | 🟩 | 23 🟨 10 🟥 14 | 1.68
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: H Webb | 🏴 | Leeds, -1962
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
H Webb
CARDS
Villa
None
Cardiff City
None
TEAM NEWS
Pat Saward replaces Alan Deakin.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.30 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 31.50 |
Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | 25.19 |
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 Adam | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Bill Jones | 🏴 |
Cardiff City
GK Graham Vearncombe | 🏴 |
LB Alec Milne | 🏴 |
D Ron Stitfall | 🏴 |
D Danny Malloy | 🏴 |
D Derrick Sullivan | 🏴 |
M Steve Gammon | 🏴 |
M Graham Moore | 🏴 |
W Brian Walsh | 🏴 |
W Johnny Watkins | 🏴 |
F Derek Tapscott | 🏴 |
CF Joe Bonson | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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
Cardiff XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
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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