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Game #2551

Aston Villa

8-4-1, 20 PTS

Saturday, 10 October 1959

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Drew

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

Division Two

Sheffield United

5-4-3, 14 PTS

Bramall Lane

Attendance: 25,146

🟨 10 Oct 1959, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

Sheffield United

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 70' |

🟨 10 Oct 1959, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 10 October 1959

🕒 | HT Sheffield United 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 70' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
💥 | 72' Player leaves field of play with injury, Nigel Sims
🥅 | 76' Goal, 1-1, (Sheffield United), Derek Pace
💥 | 80' Player returns to field of play, Nigel Sims
🕒 | FT Sheffield United 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 10 Oct 1959, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 10 October 1959

Joe Mercer's Villa extend their unbeaten run to eleven but are held to a third successive draw as they make it eight wins, four draws and a defeat in thirteen division two games so far this season as their excellent start to life in the second tier continues.

🟨 10 Oct 1959, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Sheffield United

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1924–25

Aston Villa

Sheffield United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sheffield United

Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟨 10 Oct 1959, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #41 |
Saturday, 10 October 1959

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🟨 10 Oct 1959, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: J. Parkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

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Timeline
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Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 38 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 9 🟥 12 | 1.58

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟨 10 Oct 1959, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: J Parkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 10 Oct 1959, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer reverts to the same line up fielded in eight of the previous nine games as Peter McParland returns in place of Jimmy Adam.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.59 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.33 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 22.57 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 10 Oct 1959, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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

John Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Sheffield United

GK Alan Hodgkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Cec Coldwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Cliff Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Summers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ron Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Derek Pace (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dennis Shiels | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 10 Oct 1959, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟨 10 Oct 1959, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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

🟨 10 Oct 1959, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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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

🟨 10 Oct 1959, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟨 10 Oct 1959, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 10 Oct 1959, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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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

🟨 10 Oct 1959, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 10 Oct 1959, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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