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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

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

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

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 10 January 1959
  • Joe Mercer records his first win as Villa boss in his fourth game but can only narrowly squeeze past second division Rotherham in the third round of the FA Cup.

  • 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

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Rotherham United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Rotherham United
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Previous 5 vs. Rotherham: 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

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, 1958-1969
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 4 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 0 🟥 3 | 0.75

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1958-1969

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 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

🟩 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

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

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None

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 10 Jan 1959, Villa 2-1 Rotherham, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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

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