Game #2567
Aston Villa
18-6-4, 42 PTS

Saturday, 23 January 1960
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | 🔥 |
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 | 🏴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.56 |
Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | 36.15 |
Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | 22.86 |
Villa have a rare off day as they suffer a shock defeat at Ipswich, it needn't have been that way however as an own goal gifted the home side a goal on 80' and hit a last gasp winner in a game that could have gone either way to the last.
Cardiff win and Rotherham and Boro draw to close the gap to Villa at the top of the second division table.
Joe Mercer's Villa lose for only the fourth time in twenty nine matches as their seven game unbeaten run comes to an end to make it eighteen wins, six draws and four defeats, all away, in twenty eight division two games so far this season.

Lost
1-2
🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road
Scorer(s) | Jimmy Dugdale | 85' |
Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 85' |
Match Timeline:
🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 80' Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Jimmy Dugdale o.g.
⚽ | 85' Goal, 1-1, Jimmy Dugdale, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🥅 | 89' Goal, 1-2, (Ipswich Town), Crawford
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 2-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #57 |
Saturday, 23 January 1960

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴 | Colchester, 1957-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
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Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴 | Colchester, 1957-1963
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 54 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 11 🟥 15 | 1.76
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division Two
Ipswich Town
13-3-11, 29 PTS

Portman Road
Attendance: 19,185
GK Roy Bailey | 🏴 |
RB Larry Carberry | 🏴 |
D Andy Nelson | 🏴 |
LB Ken Malcolm | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Belcher | 🏴 |
M John Elsworthy | 🏴 |
W Aled Owen | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Leadbetter | 🏴 |
CF Doug Millward | 🏴 |
CF Ray Crawford | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Ted Phillips | 🏴 |
Alf Ramsey | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded


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