Game #2575
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 March 1960
Won
Quarter Final
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
FA Cup
Attendance: 69,732
Preston North End
Villa Park
Villa secure a fine win against first division Preston to reach their third FA Cup semi final in four seasons. Meanwhile, dumped out of the cup a while ago, Villa's title and promotion rivals Cardiff can only draw, so although they increase their lead at the top to three points, Villa have another game in hand.
Aston Villa
2-0
Preston North End
Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 10' | 78' |
KEY MAN
Gerry Hitchens, scored in successive games as Villa triumph over their third top tier scalp in four FA Cup games to reach the semi finals, Saturday, 12 March 1960.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 March 1960
⚽ | 10' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Preston North End
⚽ | 78' Goal, 2-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Preston North End
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa make it successive wins as they beat top flight side Preston in the quarter final of the FA Cup. North End are Villa's third top flight scalp in the Cup after Leeds and Chelsea were brushed aside in the third and fourth rounds.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Preston North End
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1937–38
FIXTURE HISTORY
Preston North End
Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #37 |
Manager Game | #65 |
Saturday, 12 March 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Kevin Howley | 🏴 | Billingham, 1954-1971
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 65 | 🟩 | 34 🟨 14 🟥 17 | 1.78
Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Kevin Howley | 🏴 | Billingham, 1954-1971
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Kevin Howley
CARDS
Villa
None
Preston North End
None
TEAM NEWS
Nigel Sims and Ron Wylie replace Kevin Keelan and Jimmy Adam.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.01 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 31.75 |
Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | 22.99 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Cliff Britton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 | 🚑 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 🚑 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
Preston North End
GK Fred Else | 🏴 |
RB Bob Wilson | 🏴 |
CB Garbutt Richardson | 🏴 |
CB Jim Smith | 🏴 |
LB Joe Walton | 🏴 |
M Gordon Milne | 🏴 |
W Les Dagger | 🏴 |
W Peter Thompson | 🏴 |
W Tom Finney | 🏴 |
W Sammy Taylor | 🏴 |
CF Davie Sneddon | 🏴 |
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
Preston 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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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