Game #2569
Aston Villa
19-6-4, 44 PTS
Saturday, 6 February 1960
Aston Villa
4-0
Huddersfield Town
Division Two
Huddersfield Town
12-7-9, 31 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 44,879
Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 29' | Peter McParland | 36' | Gerry Hitchens | 55' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Bobby Thomson, scored a hat-trick - to make it seven goals in six games - as Villa hammer Huddersfield for a nineteenth League win of the season, Saturday, 6 February 1960.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 6 February 1960
⚽ | 29' Goal, 1-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 36' Goal, 2-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Huddersfield Town
⚽ | 55' Goal, 3-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
⚽ | 75' Goal, 4-0, Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Huddersfield Town
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa hammer promotion rivals Huddersfield to make it nineteen wins, six draws and four defeats, all away, in twenty nine division two games so far this season as their excellent progress towards promotion from the second tier continues.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Huddersfield Town
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1925-26
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #59 |
Saturday, 6 February 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Major C. H. Dennis | 🏴 | Redhill, -1960
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 56 | 🟩 | 30 🟨 11 🟥 15 | 1.8
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Major C. H. Dennis | 🏴 | Redhill, -1960
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.92 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 31.66 |
Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | 22.90 |
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
Eddie Boot | 🏴 |
Huddersfield Town
GK Ray Wood | 🏴 |
FB Brian Gibson | 🏴 |
CB John Coddington | 🏴 |
CB Jack Connor | 🏴 |
LB Ray Wilson | 🏴 |
LH Gordon Low | 🏴 |
M Bill McGarry | 🏴 |
M Derek Hawksworth | 🏴 |
W Kevin McHale | 🏴 |
CF Denis Law | 🏴 |
CF Les Massie | 🏴 |
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
Huddersfield XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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