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Game #2533

Aston Villa

11-5-21, 27 PTS

Saturday, 4 April 1959

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Lost

20th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division One

Leicester City

9-9-19, 27 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 39,963

🟥 4 Apr 1959, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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Leicester City

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🟥 4 Apr 1959, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 4 April 1959

🥅 | 18' Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Jimmy Walsh
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Leicester City
🥅 | 62' Goal, 0-2, (Leicester City), Jimmy Walsh
⚽ | 65' Goal, 1-2, Johnny Dixon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Leicester City

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

🟥 4 Apr 1959, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 4 April 1959

  • Complete disaster for Villa as they lose, albeit unluckily, to the team below them in the table in 21st place, as a result Leicester move level on points with Joe Mercer's men and relegation, that appeared just a remote possibility four game previously, now looked anything but.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa suffer a third defeat in four to make it eleven wins, five draws and twenty one losses in thirty seven division one games with five games left to play and a tight fight to avoid relegation continues.

🟥 4 Apr 1959, Villa 1-2 Leicester, 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

Leicester City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leicester City

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Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

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

🟥 4 Apr 1959, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #23 |
Saturday, 4 April 1959

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🟥 4 Apr 1959, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jack Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1956-1959
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 20 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 2 🟥 9 | 1.45

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟥 4 Apr 1959, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jack Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1956-1959

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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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

🟥 4 Apr 1959, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Wylie replaces Jackie Sewell.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.56 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.34 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.50 |

Referee

🟥 4 Apr 1959, Villa 1-2 Leicester, 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 Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Matt Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Dave Maclaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Len Chalmers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Joe Baillie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Tony Knapp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Johnny Newman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Appleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gordon Wills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tommy McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Roy Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ken Leek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Jimmy Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 4 Apr 1959, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 4 Apr 1959, Villa 1-2 Leicester, 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

🟥 4 Apr 1959, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 4 Apr 1959, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 4 Apr 1959, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 4 Apr 1959, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 4 Apr 1959, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 4 Apr 1959, Villa 1-2 Leicester, Villa Park

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