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Everton vs Villa 1959 - Sports Argus query

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villafan86

Brummie babby
I'm trying to track down a photograph from what I believe to have been the front cover of the Sports Argus on the 14th, 15th or 16th of February, 1959. Aston Villa played Everton away on February 14th and my Dad, as a 12 year old, traveled alone on the train to Liverpool to see the game and back again. His parents knew nothing of this until they saw him on the front cover of the paper soon afterwards posing for a photo with some other travelling fans. This story has been the stuff of legend in my family for years and whilst my Dad did have this photo in a frame, unfortunately it was stolen many years ago. He's 80 in May and nothing would give me greater pleasure than tracking it down for his big day.

I'm going from his memory here so it's possible that it was a different newspaper, but the date should be correct given that it's quite a famous game ('The Valentine's Day Massacre') and I don't think he went out to another away game, so wouldn't be mixing it up. I've tried the club, the central library, the Birmingham Mail and a few other places but have never had any luck.

Any help would greatly be appreciated!
 
Fathers name please ?
Villa won 4-1 and Ron Wylie got hat trick...but cant find a headline for Argus or Evening Mail.
 
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