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Game #2541

Aston Villa

2-0-1, 4 PTS

Saturday, 29 August 1959

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Won

5th

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division Two

Swansea City

1-0-2, 2 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 34,666

🟩 29 Aug 1959, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

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Swansea Town

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Assist(s) | Jimmy Adams | 7' |

🟩 29 Aug 1959, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 29 August 1959

⚽ | 7' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Jimmy Adam
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Swansea City
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Swansea 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

🟩 29 Aug 1959, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 29 August 1959

  • Villa win their first home game of the season but the performance was far from convincing.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa bounce back from defeat at Sunderland to win their first home game of the season and make it two wins and a defeat in division two so far.

🟩 29 Aug 1959, Villa 1-0 Swansea, 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

Swansea City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Swansea City

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Previous 5 vs. Swansea: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

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

🟩 29 Aug 1959, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Saturday, 29 August 1959

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🟩 29 Aug 1959, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Major C. H. Dennis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Redhill, -1960
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 28 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 5 🟥 12 | 1.36

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟩 29 Aug 1959, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: C. H. Dennis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Redhill, -1960
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

🟩 29 Aug 1959, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gerry Hitchens replaces Jackie Sewell.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.38 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.22 |

Youngest Player |
CB Terry Morrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.78 |

Referee

🟩 29 Aug 1959, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park

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 Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Trevor Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Swansea City

GK John King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Dai Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Harry Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Brian Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Mel Nurse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Allan Sanders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Len Allchurch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Dave Dodson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Reg Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Colin Webster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Brayley Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 29 Aug 1959, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 29 Aug 1959, Villa 1-0 Swansea, 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

🟩 29 Aug 1959, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 29 Aug 1959, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 29 Aug 1959, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Reported

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 29 Aug 1959, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 29 Aug 1959, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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