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Game #2530

Aston Villa

11-4-19, 26 PTS

Friday, 27 March 1959

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Lost

20th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

11-7-17, 29 PTS

White Hart Lane

Attendance: 45,059

🟥 27 Mar 1959, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

Tottenham Hotspur

3-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Vic Crowe | 77' |

🟥 27 Mar 1959, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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MATCH TIMELINE

Friday, 27 March 1959

⚽ | 27' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland
🥅 | 34' Goal, 1-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Bobby Smith
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 58' Goal, 1-2, (Tottenham Hotspur, pen), Cliff Jones
🥅 | 68' Goal, 1-3, (Tottenham Hotspur, pen), Terry Medwin
⚽ | 77' Goal, 2-3, Peter McParland, Assist by Vic Crowe
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 27 Mar 1959, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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ON THIS DAY

Friday, 27 March 1959

Joe Mercer's Villa end their best run of the season - three successive League wins - with defeat at White Hart Lane. As a result Villa make it eleven wins, four draws and nineteen losses in thirty four division one games with eight games left to play and are amidst a tight fight to avoid relegation alongside Portsmouth, Manchester and Leicester City.

🟥 27 Mar 1959, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1950-51

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Tottenham Hotspur

PREVIOUS MATCH

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SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 27 Mar 1959, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #20 |
Friday, 27 March 1959

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🟥 27 Mar 1959, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 17 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 1 🟥 7 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟥 27 Mar 1959, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 27 Mar 1959, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.85 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.32 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.48 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 27 Mar 1959, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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 Nicholson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

GK John Hollowbread | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mel Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Maurice Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
M Jim Iley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Terry Medwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Bobby Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Cliff Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Johnny Brooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tommy Harmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 27 Mar 1959, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 27 Mar 1959, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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

🟥 27 Mar 1959, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 27 Mar 1959, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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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

🟥 27 Mar 1959, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 27 Mar 1959, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 27 Mar 1959, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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MATCH VIDEO

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