Game #2539

Aston Villa

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Saturday, 22 August 1959

Won

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

Division Two

Brighton & Hove Albion

0-0-1, 0 PTS

Goldstone Ground

Attendance: 31,828

Brighton & Hove Albion

1-2

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 23' | Jackie Sewell | 86'

Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 86' |

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Terry Morrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Billy Lane | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Brighton & Hove Albion

GK Eric Gill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Bob McNicol | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Roy Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy Jennings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glen Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Fred Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Jack Bertolini | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Mike Tiddy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF John Shepherd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ian McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Bill Curry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 22 Aug 1959, Villa 2-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 22 August 1959

Joe Mercer's Villa play their first game in the second tier for twenty two years following the previous season's relegation to win away at the Goldstone Ground. Meanwhile, wingers Jimmy Adam, 28, and Jimmy MacEwan, 30, made their Villa debuts after moving from Luton Town earlier this month and Raith Rovers in July 1959 respectively. MacEwan scored on his debut whilst centre back Terry Morrall also made his first appearance for Villa aged 20 after joining from Church Rovers in 1953.

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