Game #2573
Aston Villa
19-8-5, 46 PTS
Tuesday, 1 March 1960
Drew
2nd (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨
Division Two
Attendance: 33,868
Lincoln City
Villa Park
11-6-14, 28 PTS
Aston Villa
1-1
Lincoln City
Assist(s) | Brian Handley | 80' |
MATCH SUMMARY
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.
KEY MAN
Bobby Thomson, scored his tenth goal in ten games as Villa are held at home, Tuesday, 1 March 1960.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 1 March 1960
🟢 | 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
ON THIS DAY
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.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Lincoln City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Lincoln City
Previous 5 vs. Lincoln: 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #63 |
Tuesday, 1 March 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 60 | 🟩 | 31 🟨 13 🟥 16 | 1.77
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Lincoln City
None
TEAM NEWS
Mike Tindall and Brian Handley (debut) replace Gerry Hitchens and Ron Wylie.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.13 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 31.72 |
Youngest Player |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 | 18.92 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Con Moulson | 🇮🇪 |
Lincoln City
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 | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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
Lincoln 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
🟢 CF Brian Handley | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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