Game #2565
Aston Villa
Saturday, 9 January 1960
Won
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
FA Cup
Attendance: 43,474
Leeds United
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1
Leeds United
Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 30' | Peter McParland | 49' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa's league form seeps into the FA Cup as they beat first division Leeds at Villa Park to reach the fourth round for the fifth time in six seasons.
KEY MAN
Peter McParland, scored to help Villa to an FA Cup third round victory over first division Leeds United, Saturday, 9 January 1960.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 9 January 1960
🥅 | 26' Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), John McCole
⚽ | 30' Goal, 1-1, Peter McParland, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Leeds United
⚽ | 49' Goal, 2-1, Ron Wylie, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds United
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa transfer their excellent League form into the FA Cup as they beat division one Leeds in the third round.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Leeds United
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Leeds United
Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #27 |
Manager Game | #55 |
Saturday, 9 January 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: John Husband | 🏴 | London, -1960
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 52 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 11 🟥 14 | 1.77
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Husband | 🏴 | London, -1960
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Leeds United
None
TEAM NEWS
Jimmy MacEwan replaces Norman Ashe.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.84 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 31.58 |
Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | 22.82 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
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
Jack Taylor | 🏴 |
Leeds United
GK Roy Wood | 🏴 |
D Jimmy Ashall | 🏴 |
CB Jack Charlton | 🏴 |
LB Grenville Hair | 🏴 |
M Bobby Cameron | 🏴 |
M Archie Gibson | 🏴 |
W Chris Crowe | 🏴 |
W George Meek | 🏴 |
F Billy Cush | 🇬🇧 |
F Noel Peyton | 🇮🇪 |
CF John McCole | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Leeds XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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