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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

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 24 October 1959

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

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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

Aston Villa

Derby County

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Derby County

Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

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

MATCH SUMMARY

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

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Timeline
On This Day
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Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 40 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 10 🟥 12 | 1.6

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Aubrey Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lowestoft, -1962
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

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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
Manager

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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

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

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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

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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

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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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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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