Game #2529

Aston Villa

11-4-18, 26 PTS

Saturday, 21 March 1959

Won

20th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Luton Town

9-9-11, 27 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,401

Aston Villa

3-1

Luton Town

Scorer(s) | Les Smith (pen) | 63' | Gerry Hitchens | 70' 85' |

Assist(s) | None

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Syd Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Luton Town

GK Ron Baynham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ken Hawkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Seamus Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
M Dave Pacey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bob Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ken Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Bingham | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F George Cummins | 🇮🇪 |
F Allan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 21 Mar 1959, Villa 3-1 Luton, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 21 March 1959

Joe Mercer's Villa record successive League wins for the first time under his leadership and for the first time since April 1956 to make it eleven wins, four draws and eighteen losses in thirty three division one games as the change in leadership begins to show progress with nine games left to play.

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