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Game #2526

Aston Villa

9-4-18, 22 PTS

Saturday, 7 March 1959

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Won

20th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division One

Leeds United

10-8-15, 28 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,631

🟩 7 Mar 1959, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Leeds United

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🟩 7 Mar 1959, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 March 1959

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leeds United
🥅 | 51' Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), Jackie Overfield
⚽ | 73' Goal, 1-1, Jackie Sewell
⚽ | 90' Goal, 2-1, Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds 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

🟩 7 Mar 1959, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 7 March 1959
  • Villa rise to 20th in the table and outside of the relegation places for the first time since October as Joe Mercer's men hit a last gasp winner to take both points.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa return to League action and bring their FA Cup form with them as they win for the third time in five to make it nine wins, four draws and eighteen losses in thirty one division one games.

🟩 7 Mar 1959, Villa 2-1 Leeds, 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

Leeds United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Leeds United
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Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

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

🟩 7 Mar 1959, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #16 |
Saturday, 7 March 1959

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🟩 7 Mar 1959, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: J. S. McLoughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1955-1961
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

🕒 13 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 1 🟥 5 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟩 7 Mar 1959, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: J. S. McLoughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1955-1961

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

🟩 7 Mar 1959, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.80 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.26 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.43 |

Referee

🟩 7 Mar 1959, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bill Lambton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leeds United

GK Ted Burgin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jimmy Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Jimmy Ashall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jack Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eric Kerfoot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jackie Overfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W George Meek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Chris Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Cush | 🇬🇧 |
F George O’Brien | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Alan Shackleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 7 Mar 1959, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 7 Mar 1959, Villa 2-1 Leeds, 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

🟩 7 Mar 1959, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

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

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

🟩 7 Mar 1959, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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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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🟩 7 Mar 1959, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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