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Game #2548

Aston Villa

8-1-1, 17 PTS

Saturday, 26 September 1959

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Leyton Orient

4-3-3, 11 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 39,467

🟩 26 Sep 1959, Villa 1-0 Orient, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

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Leyton Orient

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Assist(s) | Pat Saward | 67' |

🟩 26 Sep 1959, Villa 1-0 Orient, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 September 1959

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Orient
⚽ | 67' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Pat Saward
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Orient

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 Sep 1959, Villa 1-0 Orient, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 September 1959

  • An ultra defensive Orient make life hard but Villa again find a way to win to make it eight wins in 10 second division games and retain their two point lead at the top of the table.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa extend their unbeaten run to eight as they win five consecutive League games proper for the first time since March 1931 to make it eight wins, a draw and a defeat in ten division two games so far this season as their excellent start to life in the second tier continues.

🟩 26 Sep 1959, Villa 1-0 Orient, 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

Leyton Orient

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leyton Orient

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Previous 5 vs. Orient: 🟨 🟩

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

🟩 26 Sep 1959, Villa 1-0 Orient, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #38 |
Saturday, 26 September 1959

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🟩 26 Sep 1959, Villa 1-0 Orient, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: George McCabe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1954-1969
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
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

🕒 35 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 6 🟥 12 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟩 26 Sep 1959, Villa 1-0 Orient, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: George McCabe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1954-1969
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 Sep 1959, Villa 1-0 Orient, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.55 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.29 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 22.53 |

Referee

🟩 26 Sep 1959, Villa 1-0 Orient, Villa Park

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

Les Gore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leyton Orient

GK Dave Groombridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Eddie Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Sid Bishop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Cyril Lea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Joe Elwood | 🇬🇧 |
W George Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Peter Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Eddie Baily | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ken Facey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Eddy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Johnston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 26 Sep 1959, Villa 1-0 Orient, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 26 Sep 1959, Villa 1-0 Orient, 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

🟩 26 Sep 1959, Villa 1-0 Orient, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 26 Sep 1959, Villa 1-0 Orient, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

🟩 26 Sep 1959, Villa 1-0 Orient, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 26 Sep 1959, Villa 1-0 Orient, Villa Park

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