Game #2564
Aston Villa
17-6-3, 40 PTS
Saturday, 2 January 1960
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 2 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴 |
Bobby Thomson and Norman Ashe (debut) replace Mike Tindall and Jimmy Adam.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.49 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 31.56 |
Youngest Player |
W Norman Ashe | 🏴 | 16.14 |
Villa open 1960 with another win - their 17th in 26 games so far this season.
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.
Won
3-1
🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field
Scorer(s) | Bobby Thomson | 17' | 55' | Gerry Hitchens | 89' |
Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 17' | 55' | Bobby Thomson | 89' |
Match Timeline:
🟢 | 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
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #54 |
Saturday, 2 January 1960
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Roger Woan | 🏴 | London, 1958-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Referee: Roger Woan | 🏴 | London, 1958-1963
Previous 5 vs. Swansea: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
🟢 W Norman Ashe | 🏴 | #477 | Youth team promotion
Final Appearances:
None
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 51 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 11 🟥 14 | 1.75
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division Two
Swansea City
10-5-9, 25 PTS
Vetch Field
Attendance: 25,653
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 | 🏴 |
Trevor Morris | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Reported
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