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Game #2562

Aston Villa

16-5-3, 37 PTS

Saturday, 26 December 1959

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Hull City

5-4-14, 14 PTS

Boothferry Park

Attendance: 29,399

🟩 26 Dec 1959, Villa 1-0 Hull, Boothferry

Hull City

0-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 61' |

🟩 26 Dec 1959, Villa 1-0 Hull, Boothferry

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 December 1959

🟢 | 1' Debut, Harry Burrows
🕒 | HT Hull City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 61' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | FT Hull City 0-1 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

🟩 26 Dec 1959, Villa 1-0 Hull, Boothferry

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 26 December 1959
  • Villa toil in poor conditions against bottom of the table Hull but do just enough to come away with both points, with Rotherham losing it is now Cardiff who are three points behind Villa in second place.

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

  • Meanwhile, winger Harry Burrows made his Villa debut aged 18 after joining from school football in April 1956.

🟩 26 Dec 1959, Villa 1-0 Hull, Boothferry

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #475 | Youth team promotion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Hull City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Hull City
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Previous 5 vs. Hull: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

🟩 26 Dec 1959, Villa 1-0 Hull, Boothferry

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #52 |
Saturday, 26 December 1959

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🟩 26 Dec 1959, Villa 1-0 Hull, Boothferry

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
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

🕒 49 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 10 🟥 14 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟩 26 Dec 1959, Villa 1-0 Hull, Boothferry

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

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 Dec 1959, Villa 1-0 Hull, Boothferry

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer hands Harry Burrows his debut in place of Jimmy MacEwan.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.24 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.54 |

Youngest Player |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.79 |

Referee

🟩 26 Dec 1959, Villa 1-0 Hull, Boothferry

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 Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bob Brocklebank (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Hull City

GK Billy Bly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Andy Davidson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Feasey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Garvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Brian Bulless | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Les Collinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Doug Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jackie Sewell (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bill Bradbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Roy Shiner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ralph Gubbins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 26 Dec 1959, Villa 1-0 Hull, Boothferry

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 26 Dec 1959, Villa 1-0 Hull, Boothferry

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 Dec 1959, Villa 1-0 Hull, Boothferry

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

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

🟩 26 Dec 1959, Villa 1-0 Hull, Boothferry

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 26 Dec 1959, Villa 1-0 Hull, Boothferry

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Injury | 2 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 26 Dec 1959, Villa 1-0 Hull, Boothferry

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 26 Dec 1959, Villa 1-0 Hull, Boothferry

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 26 Dec 1959, Villa 1-0 Hull, Boothferry

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