top of page

Game #2544

Aston Villa

4-1-1, 9 PTS

Wednesday, 9 September 1959

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Won

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division Two

Portsmouth

2-0-4, 4 PTS

Fratton Park

Attendance: 19,910

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

Portsmouth

1-2

Villa.gif

Aston Villa

2509-2.png

Assist(s) | Nigel Sims | 6' | Ron Wylie | 38' |

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 9 September 1959

⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Nigel Sims
🥅 | 33' Goal, 1-1, (Portsmouth), Ron Saunders
⚽ | 38' Goal, 2-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Ron Wylie
🕒 | HT Portsmouth 1-2 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Portsmouth 1-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

Villa.gif

ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 9 September 1959

Joe Mercer's Villa extend their unbeaten run to four as they are victorious away from home for the third time in four and make it four wins, a draw and a defeat in six division two games so far this season.

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

Villa.gif

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

Aston Villa

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

Portsmouth

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1949-50

Aston Villa

Portsmouth

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Portsmouth

Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #34 |
Wednesday, 9 September 1959

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Gilbert Pullin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, -1961 🆘
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Villa.gif

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 31 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 6 🟥 12 | 1.45

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Villa.gif
Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

Villa.gif

Referee: Gilbert Pullin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, -1961
🆘 Failed to award Villa a Hitchens goal that was hacked clear from well behind the line by the Portsmouth defender
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Villa.gif

CARDS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

None

None

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

Villa.gif

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names the same line up for the third consecutive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.51 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.25 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 22.48 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Villa.gif

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

Freddie Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

2509-2.png

Portsmouth

GK Dick Beattie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Cyril Rutter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Phil Gunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Ron Howells | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M John Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Dickinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Harry Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Peter Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Newman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

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

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

Villa.gif

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

SQUAD STATS

Villa.gif

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

SQUAD STATS

2509-2.png

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

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

Villa.gif

MATCHDAY SQUAD

2509-2.png

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

None

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg
Tables & Programmes

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

Opens in New Window

Reports

🟩 9 Sep 1959, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Fratton Park

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH VIDEO

Videos
bottom of page