Game #2515

Aston Villa

6-4-15, 16 PTS

Saturday, 27 December 1958

Lost

22nd (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division One

Manchester United

12-5-8, 29 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 56,450

Aston Villa

0-2

Manchester United

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Dennis Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Matt Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Manchester United

GK Harry Gregg | 🇬🇧 |
CB Bill Foulkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ron Cope | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Freddie Goodwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Wilf McGuinness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Reg Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Albert Scanlon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Mark Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Albert Quixall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dennis Viollet | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

🟥 27 Dec 1958, Villa 0-2 United, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 27 December 1958

Joe Mercer's Villa end 1958 in torrid form with three successive defeats to make it six wins, four draws and fifteen defeats in twenty five division one games so far this season. As a result Villa enter 1959 staring relegation in the face with little sign on a fightback being on the horizon.

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