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Game #2517

Aston Villa

Saturday, 10 January 1959

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

FA Cup

Rotherham United

Villa Park

Attendance: 33,923

🟩 10 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Rotherham, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Rotherham United

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🟩 10 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Rotherham, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 10 January 1959

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Rotherham United
⚽ | 47' Goal, 1-0, Jackie Sewell
🥅 | 72' Goal, 1-1, (Rotherham United), Brian Sawyer
⚽ | 77' Goal, 2-1, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Billy Myerscough
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Rotherham United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 10 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Rotherham, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 10 January 1959

  • Villa face Rotherham United for the first time in competitive football, Rotherham become the 85th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa receive respite from their League troubles as they beat division two side Rotherham in the third round of the FA Cup.

🟩 10 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Rotherham, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Rotherham United

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

Aston Villa

Rotherham United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Rotherham United

Previous 5 vs. Rotherham: 🟩

Rotherham United

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Rotherham United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 10 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Rotherham, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #27 |
Manager Game | #7 |
Saturday, 10 January 1959

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🟩 10 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Rotherham, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1954-1971
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
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Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 4 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 0 🟥 3 | 0.75

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟩 10 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Rotherham, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1954-1971
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 10 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Rotherham, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Stan Lynn and Jackie Sewell replace Dennis Jackson and Les Smith.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.53 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.11 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.27 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 10 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Rotherham, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Tom Johnston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Rotherham United

GK Jock Quairney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Roy Silman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Madden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Lol Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ken Waterhouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Roy Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Barry Webster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Keith Bambridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Kettleborough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Sawyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 10 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Rotherham, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 10 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Rotherham, 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:

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

Squad Bios

🟩 10 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Rotherham, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 10 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Rotherham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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None

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

🟩 10 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Rotherham, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 10 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Rotherham, Villa Park

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