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Game #2573

Aston Villa

19-8-5, 46 PTS

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Tuesday, 1 March 1960

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

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

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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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:

None

Mike Tindall and Brian Handley (debut) replace Gerry Hitchens and Ron Wylie.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.13 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.72 |

Youngest Player |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.92 |

  • Villa can only draw their game in hand over leaders Cardiff and only reduce the gap to two points. 

  • Lincoln suffer outrageous fortune in injuring Nigel Sims just before half time, leaving him incapacitated for the entire second period before lucking into a goal having survived a storm of Villa chances both before and after their strike.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa drop points at home for the second successive game as Lincoln have now held Villa home and away to make it nineteen wins, eight draws and five defeats, four away, in thirty two division two games. 

  • Meanwhile, centre forward Brian Handley made his Villa debut aged 23 after moving from Goole Town in September 1958.

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Drew

1-1

🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Bobby Thomson | 80' |

Assist(s) | Brian Handley | 80' |

Match Timeline:

🟢 | 1' Debut, Brian Handley
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, Nigel Sims
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Lincoln City
🥅 | 64' Goal, 0-1, (Lincoln City), Derek Hawksworth
⚽ | 80' Goal, 1-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Brian Handley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Lincoln City

Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #63 |
Tuesday, 1 March 1960

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

Referee: Unknown

Previous 5 vs. Lincoln: 🟨

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

🟢 CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 | Youth team promotion

Final Appearances:

None

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 60 | 🟩 | 31 🟨 13 🟥 16 | 1.77

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
183
🟩
77
🟨
0
183
🟨
45
🟥
0
0
🟥
61
2
🥅
46
275
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
34
🟩
21
🟨
0
34
🟨
8
🟥
0
0
🟥
5
0
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
183
🟩
77
🟨
0
183
🟨
46
🟥
0
3
🟥
60
1
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
288
🟩
110
🟨
0
288
🟨
79
🟥
0
33
🟥
99
8
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
164
🟩
66
🟨
0
164
🟨
36
🟥
0
2
🟥
62
7
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
147
🟩
62
🟨
0
147
🟨
40
🟥
0
2
🟥
45
11
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
258
🟩
94
🟨
2
258
🟨
68
🟥
0
90
🟥
96
46
CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
27
🟩
17
🟨
0
27
🟨
7
🟥
0
17
🟥
3
8
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
2
🟩
0
🟨
0
2
🟨
2
🟥
0
0
🟥
0
0
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
30
🟩
19
🟨
0
30
🟨
7
🟥
1
5
🟥
4
15
CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
1
🟩
0
🟨
0
1
🟨
1
🟥
0
0
🟥
0
1
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division Two

Lincoln City

11-6-14, 28 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 33,868

GK Bill Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ron Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dennis Gratton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bob Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jeff Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Fred Middleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bert Linnecor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Derek Hawksworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W John McLelland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ron Smillie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Harbertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Con Moulson | 🇮🇪 |
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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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