Game #2568
Aston Villa
Saturday, 30 January 1960
Won
4th Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
FA Cup
Attendance: 66,671
Chelsea
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 19' | Peter McParland | 31' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa continue their Cup run as they beat first division to qualify for the fifth round for the third time in four seasons.
KEY MAN
Peter McParland, scored on 19' to help Villa beat a second successive first division opponent in the FA Cup, Saturday, 30 January 1960.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 January 1960
⚽ | 19' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 31' Goal, 2-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Chelsea
🥅 | 78' Goal, 2-1, (Chelsea, pen), Peter Sillett
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa bounce back from just their fourth loss in twenty nine games to beat division one Chelsea in the FA Cup fourth round tie at Stamford Bridge.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Chelsea
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55
FIXTURE HISTORY
Chelsea
Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #30 |
Manager Game | #58 |
Saturday, 30 January 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Reg Leafe | 🏴 | Nottingham, -1960 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 55 | 🟩 | 29 🟨 11 🟥 15 | 1.78
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Reg Leafe | 🏴 | Nottingham, -1960 🆘
🆘 Awarded a harsh and needless penalty to bring Chelsea back into the game
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Reg Leafe
CARDS
Villa
None
Chelsea
None
TEAM NEWS
Jimmy MacEwan and Ron Wylie replace Jimmy Adam and Johnny Dixon.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.90 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 31.64 |
Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | 22.88 |
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
Ted Drake | 🏴 |
Chelsea
GK Reg Matthews | 🏴 |
RB John Sillett | 🏴 |
CB Mel Scott | 🏴 |
RB Peter Sillett | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Sylvan Anderton | 🏴 |
M Stan Crowther (ex) | 🏴 |
W Frank Blunstone | 🏴 |
W Peter Brabrook | 🏴 |
F Johnny Brooks | 🏴 |
CF Jimmy Greaves | 🏴 |
CF Charlie Livesey | 🏴 |
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
Chelsea XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
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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