Game #2513
Aston Villa
6-4-13, 16 PTS
Saturday, 20 December 1958
Lost
22nd (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Division One
Birmingham City
8-4-10, 20 PTS
St Andrew's
Attendance: 31,857
🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
Birmingham City
4-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 December 1958
⚽ | 26' Goal, 1-0, Wally Hazelden
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 61' Goal, 1-1, (Birmingham City, pen), Gordon Astall
🥅 | 67' Goal, 1-2, (Birmingham City), Alex Jackson
🥅 | 77' Goal, 1-3 (Birmingham City), Alex Jackson
🥅 | 87' Goal, 1-4 (Birmingham City), Neal
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 4-1 Aston Villax
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 December 1958
Villa are crushed at St Andrew's as they are well beaten by Birmingham to sit one point adrift at the bottom of the table with no sign of a new manager six games after the departure of Eric Houghton.
Managerless Villa to make it six wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in twenty three division one games so far this season.
Meanwhile, forward Wally Hazelden made his final appearance for Villa aged 17 before moving on to Wigan Athletic in July 1960. Hazelden played for Villa in 1957-58 and 1958-59 making nineteen appearances and scoring five goals.
🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 F Wally Hazelden | 🏴 |
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 20 December 1958
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🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Management Committee 1958 (Caretaker)
Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴 | Colchester, 1955-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Management Committee 1958
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 5 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 1 🟥 2 | 1.4
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴 | Colchester, 1955-1963
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Wally Hazelden replaces Ron Wylie.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.41 |
Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | 35.05 |
Youngest Player |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴 | 17.86 |
🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MANAGER
Management Committee 1958
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 |
F Wally Hazelden | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔴 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Pat Beasley | 🏴 |
Birmingham City
GK Gil Merrick | 🏴 |
LB George Allen | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Smith | 🏴 |
RB Jeff Hall | 🏴 |
M Dick Neal Jr. | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Johnny Watts | 🏴 |
W Brian Taylor | 🏴 |
W Gordon Astall | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Bunny Larkin | 🏴 |
F Johnny Gordon | 🏴 |
CF Alex Jackson | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
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
🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
Birmingham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH REPORTS
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🟥 20 Dec 1958, Villa 1-4 Birmingham, St Andrew's