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Game #2540

Aston Villa

1-0-1, 2 PTS

Wednesday, 26 August 1959

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Lost

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Sunderland

1-0-1, 2 PTS

Roker Park

Attendance: 29,860

🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker

Sunderland

1-0

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 26 August 1959

🟢 | 1' Debut, John Neal
🥅 | 44' Goal, 0-1, (Sunderland), Reg Pearce
🕒 | HT Sunderland 1-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Sunderland 1-0 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

🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 26 August 1959

  • Villa lose out to a single goal at Sunderland to record their first defeat of the season. Bizarrely Sunderland's goalscorer and goalkeeper were playing with a broken leg and hand respectively.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa lose at Roker Park to make it one win and a defeat in division two so far this season. 

  • Meanwhile, full back John Neal made his Villa debut aged 27 after moving from Swindon Town in July 1959. 

  • Whilst, forward Jackie Sewell made his final appearance for Villa aged 32 before moving on to Hull City in October 1959. Sewell played for Villa between 1955-56 and 1959-60 making 146 appearances and scoring 40 goals.

🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #472 | £6,000 signing from Swindon

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1955-59 🕒 146 | ✅ 146 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 41 | 🔥 27 | 🇺 - | #448 |

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Sunderland

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1936-37

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sunderland

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Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

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

🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #30 |
Wednesday, 26 August 1959

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🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Collinge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hale, -1961
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 27 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 5 🟥 12 | 1.3

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ken Collinge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hale, -1961
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

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

🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer hands John Neal his debut in place of Doug Winton.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.08 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.61 |

Youngest Player |
CB Terry Morrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.77 |

Referee

🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Morrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sunderland

GK Peter Wakeham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
RB Colin Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Charles Hurley | 🇮🇪 |
LB Len Ashurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Reg Pearce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | ⚽ |
M Colin Grainger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Fraser | 🇬🇧 |
W John Goodchild | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ernie Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Don Kichenbrand | 🇿🇦 |

Line Ups

🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker

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

🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker

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