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Game #2535

Aston Villa

11-6-22, 28 PTS

Saturday, 18 April 1959

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Drew

20th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Division One

Burnley

19-9-13, 47 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,097

🟨 18 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Burnley, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-0

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Burnley

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 18 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Burnley, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 April 1959

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Burnley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Burnley

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

🟨 18 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Burnley, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 18 April 1959
  • Villa secure a point against fourth placed Burnley to climb out of the bottom two above Manchester City who they play in the penultimate game of the season.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa end a run of four defeats in five and draw for the third time in four to make it eleven wins, six draws and twenty two losses in thirty nine division one games with just three games - all away - left to play in a tight relegation fight.

🟨 18 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Burnley, 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

Burnley

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1920-21

FIXTURE HISTORY
Burnley
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Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

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

🟨 18 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Burnley, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #25 |
Saturday, 18 April 1959

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🟨 18 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Burnley, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: John Husband | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1955-1960
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

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

🕒 22 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 3 🟥 10 | 1.36

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Husband | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1955-1960

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

🟨 18 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Burnley, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 29.30 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.38 |

Youngest Player |
F Peter McParland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 25.00 |

Referee

🟨 18 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Burnley, 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 Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Harry Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Burnley

GK Adam Blacklaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Angus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Adamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Seith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Brian Pilkington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 |
F Albert Cheesebrough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ray Pointer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ray Pointer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 18 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Burnley, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 18 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Burnley, 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

🟨 18 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Burnley, Villa Park

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

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

🟨 18 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Burnley, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 18 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Burnley, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 18 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Burnley, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 18 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Burnley, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 18 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Burnley, Villa Park

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