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Game #2571

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 20 February 1960

5th Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57

Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |

Wingers
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

Forwards
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Unavailable

None

Team News

Joe Mercer names the same line up for the fourth consecutive game.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.95 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.70 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 22.93 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

2-1

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale Park
Scorer(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 58' | Bobby Thomson | 84' |

Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 58' | 84' |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 36' Goal, 0-1, (Port Vale, pen), Brian Jackson
🕒 | HT Port Vale 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 58' Goal, 1-1, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 84' Goal, 2-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | FT Port Vale 1-2 Aston Villa

Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #61 |
Saturday, 20 February 1960

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Tommy Langdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darlington, 1960-1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Officials

Referee: Tommy Langdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darlington, 1960-1961
Linesmen: W. Kenworthy (Huddersfield); I. H. Kay (Oswaldtwistle)

Previous 5 vs. Port Vale: 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 2 | 🟩 W2 (100% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 3 | GD 6

Match Stats

Not recorded

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 58 | 🟩 | 31 🟨 12 🟥 15 | 1.81

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

FA Cup

Port Vale

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Vale Park

Attendance: 48,749

GK John Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB David Raine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy Sproson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Albert Leake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Harry Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Stan Steele | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Graham Barnett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Cliff Portwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Norman Low | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK John Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Colin Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy Sproson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB David Raine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Albert Leake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Harry Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Brian Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Stan Steele | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Graham Barnett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Cliff Portwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
On This Day
  • Villa squeak past Vale at a muddy Vale Park as Jimmy MacEwan's crossing rescues Joe Mercer's men to reach the FA Cup Quarter Finals for the third time in four seasons.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa extend their unbeaten run to four as they beat third division Port Vale in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Starting XI
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

181

181

🔥

0

2

🟩

77

🟨

44

🟥

60

46

🥅

271

FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

32

32

🔥

0

0

🟩

21

🟨

7

🟥

4

CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

181

181

🔥

3

1

🟩

77

🟨

45

🟥

59

RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

286

286

🔥

33

8

🟩

110

🟨

78

🟥

98

M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

145

145

🔥

2

11

🟩

62

🟨

39

🟥

44

M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

162

162

🔥

2

7

🟩

66

🟨

35

🟥

61

W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
🕒

28

28

🔥

5

15

🟩

19

🟨

6

🟥

3

W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

256

256

🔥

90

46

🟩

94

🟨

67

🟥

95

CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

94

94

🔥

50

21

🟩

45

🟨

18

🟥

31

CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

25

25

🔥

15

8

🟩

17

🟨

6

🟥

2

CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

57

57

🔥

6

11

🟩

32

🟨

11

🟥

14

Substitutes
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🔥

GK Sub

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🟥

🥅

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🔁

🔥

Sub 1

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Sub 2

🟩

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🟥

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Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
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