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Game #2516

Aston Villa

6-4-16, 16 PTS

Saturday, 3 January 1959

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Lost

22nd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division One

West Ham United

12-3-10, 39 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 29,334

🟥 3 Jan 1959, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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West Ham United

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Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 48' |

Assist(s) | Ron Wylie | 48' |

🟥 3 Jan 1959, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 3 January 1959

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 West Ham United
⚽ | 48' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Ron Wylie
🥅 | 68' Goal, 1-1, (West Ham United), Cantwell
🥅 | 74' Goal, 1-2, (West Ham United), Jimmy Dugdale o.g.
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 West Ham United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 3 Jan 1959, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 3 January 1959

Joe Mercer's Villa begin 1959 as they ended 1958 - in torrid form - with four successive defeats to make it six wins, four draws and sixteen defeats in twenty six division one games. Meanwhile, full back Dennis Jackson made his final appearance for Villa aged 26 before moving on to Millwall in May 1959. Jackson played for Villa between 1956-57 and 1958-59 making eight appearances.

🟥 3 Jan 1959, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

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FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 FB Dennis Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57

West Ham United

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

Aston Villa

West Ham United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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West Ham United

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

🟥 3 Jan 1959, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #6 |
Saturday, 3 January 1959

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🟥 3 Jan 1959, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jim Pickles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, -1964
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 3 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 0 🟥 3 | 0

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟥 3 Jan 1959, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Jim Pickles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, -1964
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟥 3 Jan 1959, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up for the first time despite three successive defeats.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.09 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.09 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.25 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 3 Jan 1959, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Dennis Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ted Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Ernie Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Noel Cantwell | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
D Ken Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Malcolm | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mike Grice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Malcolm Musgrove | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Andy Smillie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Dick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Vic Keeble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 3 Jan 1959, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 3 Jan 1959, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Player Positions:

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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

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Match Symbols:

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⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟥 3 Jan 1959, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 3 Jan 1959, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 3 Jan 1959, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 3 Jan 1959, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 3 Jan 1959, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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