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Game #2537

Aston Villa

11-7-23, 29 PTS

Saturday, 25 April 1959

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Drew

20th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨

Division One

Manchester City

10-9-22, 29 PTS

Maine Road

Attendance: 39,661

🟨 25 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

Manchester City

0-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 25 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 25 April 1959

🕒 | HT Manchester City 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Manchester City 0-0 Aston Villa

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

🟨 25 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 25 April 1959
  • Villa take a point away from Maine Road in the penultimate game of the season meaning they only need to equal or better Manchester City's result in the final game of the season to secure First Division football for 1959-60. Villa face fourth placed neighbours Albion at the Hawthorns whilst City play 19th placed Leicester at home.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa without a win in eight, secure a draw and a point against relegation rivals Manchester City to make it eleven wins, seven draws and twenty three losses in forty one division one games with one final game to play - away from home - with Villa needing to win to avoid relegation.

🟨 25 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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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

Manchester City

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1955-56

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
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Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨

League 🕒 80 | 🟩 33 | 🟨 19 | 🟥 28 | ⚽ 139 | 🥅 126 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 12 |
Away 🕒 42 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 23 | ⚽ 57 | 🥅 85 |

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

🟨 25 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 25 April 1959

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🟨 25 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Cyril Sant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crewe, 1959
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

🕒 24 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 4 🟥 11 | 1.29

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟨 25 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Cyril Sant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crewe, 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

🟨 25 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Stan Lynn, Pat Saward and Billy Myerscough replace Peter Aldis, Les Smith and Jackie Sewell.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.45 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.40 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.56 |

Referee

🟨 25 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Les McDowall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Bert Trautmann | 🇩🇪 |
CB John McTavish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken Branagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Bill Leivers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kenneth Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Roy Cheetham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Colin Barlow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Paddy Fagan | 🇮🇪 |
F Ray Sambrook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Hayes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bobby Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 25 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 25 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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

🟨 25 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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

SQUAD STATS
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Manchester City XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

🟨 25 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 25 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

UNAVAILABLE
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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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🟨 25 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 25 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 25 Apr 1959, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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