Game #2542

Aston Villa

3-0-1, 6 PTS

Monday, 31 August 1959

Won

3rd (+2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Sunderland

1-1-2, 3 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,188

Aston Villa

3-0

Sunderland

Scorer(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 13' | 40' | Bobby Thomson | 60' |

Assist(s) | Ron Wylie | 13' | Jimmy MacEwan | 40' | Peter McParland | 60' |

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Alan Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Sunderland

GK John Bollands | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Colin Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Charles Hurley | 🇮🇪 |
CB Jim McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Len Ashurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Grainger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Fraser | 🇬🇧 |
F Ernie Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alan O'Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Lawther | 🇬🇧 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 31 Aug 1959, Villa 3-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY

Monday, 31 August 1959

Joe Mercer's Villa make it successive wins as they gain quick revenge for their defeat at Roker Park by beating Sunderland and making it two home wins from two and three wins in four so far this season. Meanwhile, forward Bobby Thomson made a goalscoring debut aged 22 after joining from Wolverhampton Wanderers in June 1959.

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