Game #2574
Aston Villa
20-8-5, 48 PTS
Saturday, 5 March 1960
Won
2nd (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Division Two
Attendance: 39,432
Middlesbrough
Ayresome Park
15-8-9, 30 PTS
Villa beat third placed Boro to open up a 10 point gap and make promotion a real possibility. The question then becomes who will be Champions, Cardiff who took top spot from Villa for the first time a week previously keep a 2 point gap thanks to their victory over Huddersfield.
Middlesbrough
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Pat Saward | 14' |
KEY MAN
Gerry Hitchens, scored to earn Villa their twentieth League win of the season, Saturday, 5 March 1960.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 March 1960
🟢 | 1' Debut, Kevin Keelan
⚽ | 14' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Pat Saward
🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 1-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa win for the first time in three to make it twenty wins, eight draws and five defeats, four away, in thirty three division two games so far this season as their onward progress towards promotion from the second tier continues.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Kevin Keelan made his Villa debut aged 19 after joining from Kidderminster Harriers in 1957.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Middlesbrough
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Middlesbrough
Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #64 |
Saturday, 5 March 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: J Bellwood | 🏴 | Liversedge, -1960
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 64 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 14 🟥 17 | 1.77
Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: J Bellwood | 🏴 | Liversedge, -1960
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
J Bellwood
CARDS
Villa
None
Middlesbrough
None
TEAM NEWS
Kevin Keelan (debut), Jimmy Adam and Gerry Hitchens replace Nigel Sims, Mike Tindall and Brian Handley.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.34 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 31.73 |
Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | 22.97 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Bob Dennison | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴 | 🟢 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Middlesbrough
GK Peter Taylor | 🏴 |
LB Mick McNeil | 🏴 |
CB Ken Thomson | 🏴 |
FB Derek Stonehouse | 🏴 |
M Ray Yeoman | 🏴 |
M Bill Harris | 🏴 |
W Edwin Holliday | 🏴 |
IF Ronnie Waldock | 🏴 |
F Willie Fernie | 🏴 |
CF Derek McLean | 🏴 |
CF Brian Clough | 🏴 |
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
Boro XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
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
🟢 GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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