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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

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

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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

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

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 14 March 1959

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

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

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, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
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MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 14 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 1 🟥 6 | 1.57

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 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
Manager

🟥 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

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No Substitutions permitted in period

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

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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