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Game #2553

Aston Villa

9-5-1, 23 PTS

Saturday, 24 October 1959

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Drew

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨

Division Two

Derby County

4-2-8, 10 PTS

Baseball Ground

Attendance: 26,394

🟨 24 Oct 1959, Villa 2-2 Derby, Baseball Ground

Derby County

2-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 75' |

🟨 24 Oct 1959, Villa 2-2 Derby, Baseball Ground

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 October 1959

🥅 | 40' Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Johnny Hannigan
🕒 | HT Derby County 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 56' Goal, 0-2, (Derby County), Jack Parry
⚽ | 75' Goal, 1-2, Peter McParland, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 77' Goal, 2-2, Peter McParland
🕒 | FT Derby County 2-2 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

🟨 24 Oct 1959, Villa 2-2 Derby, Baseball Ground

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 24 October 1959
  • Villa are held to a fourth successive away draw by struggling Derby and remain top of the table but with their lead cut to 1 point.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa extend their unbeaten run to thirteen to make it nine wins, five draws and a defeat in fifteen division two games so far this season as their excellent start to life in the second tier continues.

🟨 24 Oct 1959, Villa 2-2 Derby, Baseball Ground

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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

Derby County

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1945-46

FIXTURE HISTORY
Derby County
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Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

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

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FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #43 |
Saturday, 24 October 1959

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MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Aubrey Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lowestoft, 1958-1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 40 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 10 🟥 12 | 1.6

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Aubrey Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lowestoft, 1958-1962

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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer reverts to the same line up fielded in nine of the previous eleven games as Vic Crowe returns in place of Johnny Dixon.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.63 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.37 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 22.61 |

Referee

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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

Harry Storer Jr. | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Derby County

GK Ken Oxford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Geoff Barrowcliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Leslie Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Upton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Roy Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Glyn Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Jack Parry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tommy Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny Hannigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F George Darwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 24 Oct 1959, Villa 2-2 Derby, Baseball Ground

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

🟨 24 Oct 1959, Villa 2-2 Derby, Baseball Ground

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

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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None

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 24 Oct 1959, Villa 2-2 Derby, Baseball Ground

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