Game #2564
Aston Villa
17-6-3, 40 PTS
Saturday, 2 January 1960
Swansea Town
1-3
Aston Villa
Division Two
Swansea City
10-5-9, 25 PTS
Vetch Field
Attendance: 25,653
Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 17' | 55' | Bobby Thomson | 89' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Bobby Thomson, scored a brace as Villa open the new year with a fourth win in five, Saturday, 2 January 1960.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 2 January 1960
🟢 | 1' Debut, Norman Ashe
⚽ | 17' Goal, 1-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Peter McParland
🥅 | 20' Goal, 1-1, (Swansea Town), Dave Dodson
🕒 | HT Swansea City 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 55' Goal, 2-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Peter McParland
⚽ | 89' Goal, 3-1, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Bobby Thomson
🕒 | FT Swansea City 3-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa extend their unbeaten run to five and win for the fourth time over that period to make it seventeen wins, six draws and three defeats, all away, in twenty six division two games so far this season as their excellent progress towards promotion from the second tier continues.
Meanwhile, winger Norman Ashe made his Villa debut aged just 16 after joining from school football in July 1958. At 16 years and 48 days old, Ashe becomes the youngest player ever to appear for Villa.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Swansea City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #54 |
Saturday, 2 January 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Roger Woan | 🏴 | London, 1957-1964
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 51 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 11 🟥 14 | 1.75
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Roger Woan | 🏴 | London, 1957-1964
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 19 Apr 1958, Villa 2-0 Wednesday, Villa Park
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Bobby Thomson and Norman Ashe (debut) replace Mike Tindall and Jimmy Adam.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.49 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 31.56 |
Youngest Player |
W Norman Ashe | 🏴 | 16.14 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Norman Ashe | 🏴 | 🟢 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Trevor Morris | 🏴 |
Swansea City
GK John King | 🏴 |
RB Allan Sanders | 🏴 |
D Harry Griffiths | 🏴 |
D Brian Hughes | 🏴 |
CB Mel Nurse | 🏴 |
WH Dixie Hale | 🇮🇪 |
M Len Allchurch | 🏴 |
W Dave Dodson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Herbie Williams | 🏴 |
F Colin Webster | 🏴 |
F Brayley Reynolds | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
SQUAD STATS
Swansea XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Reported
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 W Norman Ashe | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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