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Game #2561

Aston Villa

15-5-3, 35 PTS

Saturday, 19 December 1959

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Brighton & Hove Albion

6-6-10, 18 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 29,875

🟩 19 Dec 1959, Villa 3-1 Brighton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-1

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Brighton & Hove Albion

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Assist(s) | Ron Wylie | 57' | Peter McParland | 77' |

🟩 19 Dec 1959, Villa 3-1 Brighton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 December 1959

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
⚽ | 57' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Ron Wylie
⚽ | 67' Goal, 2-0, Peter McParland
⚽ | 77' Goal, 3-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Peter McParland
🥅 | 85' Goal, 3-1, (Brighton & Hove Albion), Denis Gordon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

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

🟩 19 Dec 1959, Villa 3-1 Brighton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 19 December 1959
  • Joe Mercer's Villa record successive wins to make it fifteen wins, five draws and three defeats, all away, in twenty three division two games so far this season as their excellent progress towards promotion from the second tier continues.

  • Villa swat aside Brighton as their promotion push continues, second placed Rotherham can only draw so Villa reopen their two point lead at the top of the table.

🟩 19 Dec 1959, Villa 3-1 Brighton, 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

Brighton & Hove Albion

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Brighton & Hove Albion
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Previous 5 vs. Brighton: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

League 🕒 2 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 2 |
FA Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 4 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 |
Home 🕒 2 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 7 | 🥅 3 |

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

Brighton & Hove Albion

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Brighton & Hove Albion

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 19 Dec 1959, Villa 3-1 Brighton, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #51 |
Saturday, 19 December 1959

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🟩 19 Dec 1959, Villa 3-1 Brighton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: J. Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Pontefract, 1956-1959
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 48 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 10 🟥 14 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: J. Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Pontefract, 1956-1959

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

🟩 19 Dec 1959, Villa 3-1 Brighton, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names and unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.32 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.52 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 25.21 |

Referee

🟩 19 Dec 1959, Villa 3-1 Brighton, 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 Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Billy Lane | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Brighton & Hove Albion

GK Dave Hollins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Tommy Bisset | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Roy Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy Jennings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Bertolini | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Fred Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Glen Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Denis Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Adrian Thorne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bill Curry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jeff Darey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 19 Dec 1959, Villa 3-1 Brighton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 19 Dec 1959, Villa 3-1 Brighton, 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

🟩 19 Dec 1959, Villa 3-1 Brighton, Villa Park

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

SQUAD STATS
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🟩 19 Dec 1959, Villa 3-1 Brighton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 19 Dec 1959, Villa 3-1 Brighton, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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

🟩 19 Dec 1959, Villa 3-1 Brighton, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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