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Game #2544

Aston Villa

4-1-1, 9 PTS

Wednesday, 9 September 1959

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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

Portsmouth

1-2

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Aston Villa

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

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

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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

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

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

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 9 September 1959

  • Villa win away again to make it four wins in six second division games so far this season to sit 2nd in the table, level on points with Sheffield United in top spot. 

  • 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

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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

Portsmouth

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Portsmouth

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Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

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

MATCH SUMMARY

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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
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 31 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 6 🟥 12 | 1.45

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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

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

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

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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

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

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

Freddie Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

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

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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MATCH VIDEO

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