Game #2573
Aston Villa
19-8-5, 46 PTS

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

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.

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

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨
Referee: Unknown
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)
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Division Two
Lincoln City
11-6-14, 28 PTS

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 | 🇮🇪 |

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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