Game #2540

Aston Villa

1-0-1, 2 PTS

Wednesday, 26 August 1959

Lost

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Sunderland

1-0-1, 2 PTS

Roker Park

Attendance: 29,860

Sunderland

1-0

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

Alan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Sunderland

GK Peter Wakeham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
RB Colin Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Charles Hurley | 🇮🇪 |
LB Len Ashurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Reg Pearce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | ⚽ |
M Colin Grainger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Fraser | 🇬🇧 |
W John Goodchild | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ernie Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Don Kichenbrand | 🇿🇦 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟥 26 Aug 1959, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker Park

ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 26 August 1959

Joe Mercer's Villa lose at Roker Park to make it one win and a defeat in division two so far this season. Meanwhile, full back John Neal made his Villa debut aged 27 after moving from Swindon Town in July 1959. Whilst, forward Jackie Sewell made his final appearance for Villa aged 32 before moving on to Hull City in October 1959. Sewell played for Villa between 1955-56 and 1959-60 making 146 appearances and scoring 40 goals.

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