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Game #2543

Aston Villa

3-1-1, 7 PTS

Saturday, 5 September 1959

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Drew

2nd (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division Two

Bristol Rovers

1-3-0, 5 PTS

Eastville Stadium

Attendance: 26,162

🟨 5 Sep 1959, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

Bristol Rovers

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Ron Wylie | 10' |

🟨 5 Sep 1959, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 September 1959

⚽ | 10' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Ron Wylie
🥅 | 20' Goal, 1-1, (Bristol Rovers), Dai Ward
🕒 | HT Bristol Rovers 1-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Bristol Rovers 1-1 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

🟨 5 Sep 1959, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 5 September 1959

  • An outstanding performance from the opposition 'keeper prevents Villa making it three consecutive victories and four in their first five second division games.

  • Villa face Bristol Rovers for the first time in competitive football, Rovers become the 86th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa are held to a draw away at Bristol Rovers but make it three unbeaten and three wins, a draw and a defeat so far this season.`

🟨 5 Sep 1959, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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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

Bristol Rovers

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Bristol Rovers

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Previous 5 vs. Bristol Rovers: None

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

Bristol Rovers

PREVIOUS MATCH

None
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Bristol Rovers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 5 Sep 1959, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #33 |
Saturday, 5 September 1959

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🟨 5 Sep 1959, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Fred Stringer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1959-1962
Kick off:
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 30 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 6 🟥 12 | 1.4

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟨 5 Sep 1959, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Fred Stringer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1959-1962

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 5 Sep 1959, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up for the first time this season.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.49 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.24 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 22.47 |

Referee

🟨 5 Sep 1959, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bert Tann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bristol Rovers

GK Malcolm Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Doug Hillard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Josser Watling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Pyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Norman Sykes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Mabbutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Hooper | 🇰🇪 |
W Granville Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
IF Dai Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Alfie Biggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Geoff Bradford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 5 Sep 1959, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 5 Sep 1959, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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

🟨 5 Sep 1959, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟨 5 Sep 1959, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 5 Sep 1959, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 5 Sep 1959, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 5 Sep 1959, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 5 Sep 1959, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville

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