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Game #2527

Aston Villa

Saturday, 14 March 1959

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Lost

Semi Final

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

FA Cup

Nottingham Forest

Hillsborough

Attendance: 65,107

🟥 14 Mar 1959, Villa 0-1 Forest, Hillsborough

Aston Villa

0-1

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Nottingham Forest

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Assist(s) | None

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 14 March 1959

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Nottingham Forest
🥅 | 65' Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), John Quigley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Nottingham Forest

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

🟥 14 Mar 1959, Villa 0-1 Forest, Hillsborough

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 14 March 1959
  • Billy Walker's Forest pip Joe Mercer's Villa in the FA Cup Semi Final at Hillsborough leaving Villa's new boss to focus on saving the club from relegation having won three and lost five first division games since his appointment.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa face Forest in the FA Cup semi final hosted at Hillsborough and are narrowly beaten by the eventual victors of the Cup this season.

  • Billy Walker's Forest pip Joe Mercer's Villa in the FA Cup Semi Final at Hillsborough leaving Villa's new boss to focus on saving the club from relegation having won three and lost five first division games since his appointment.

🟥 14 Mar 1959, Villa 0-1 Forest, Hillsborough

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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

Nottingham Forest

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1897-98

FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
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Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

League 🕒 49 | 🟩 27 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 11 | ⚽ 102 | 🥅 62 |
FA Cup 🕒 8 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 10 |

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

Nottingham Forest

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Nottingham Forest

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 14 Mar 1959, Villa 0-1 Forest, Hillsborough

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #37 |
Manager Game | #17 |
Saturday, 14 March 1959

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🟥 14 Mar 1959, Villa 0-1 Forest, Hillsborough

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, 1959-1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 14 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 1 🟥 6 | 1.57

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟥 14 Mar 1959, Villa 0-1 Forest, Hillsborough

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, 1959-1965

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

🟥 14 Mar 1959, Villa 0-1 Forest, Hillsborough

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names the same line up for the third consecutive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.82 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.28 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.45 |

Referee

🟥 14 Mar 1959, Villa 0-1 Forest, Hillsborough

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

Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (ex)

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Nottingham Forest

GK Chic Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Bill Whare | 🇬🇧 |
CB Bob McKinlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Joe McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jeff Whitefoot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Burkitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Quigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Roy Dwight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Stewart Imlach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tommy Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 14 Mar 1959, Villa 0-1 Forest, Hillsborough

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

🟥 14 Mar 1959, Villa 0-1 Forest, Hillsborough

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

🟥 14 Mar 1959, Villa 0-1 Forest, Hillsborough

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

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

🟥 14 Mar 1959, Villa 0-1 Forest, Hillsborough

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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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 14 Mar 1959, Villa 0-1 Forest, Hillsborough

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 14 Mar 1959, Villa 0-1 Forest, Hillsborough

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