Game #2576
Aston Villa
21-8-5, 50 PTS
Tuesday, 15 March 1960
Won
2nd (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division Two
Attendance: 37,672
Derby County
Villa Park
10-5-27, 25 PTS
Aston Villa
3-2
Derby County
Assist(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 46' | Ron Wylie | 66' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa win their game in hand over Cardiff to close the gap to the leaders to one point but the game itself is little more than a bout of violence interspersed with quality moves from Villa that see them ascend over thuggish Derby.
KEY MAN
Stan Lynn, scored from the spot to extend Villa's latest unbeaten run to four, Tuesday, 15 March 1960.
PREVIOUS MATCH
NEXT MATCH
%20Aston%20Villa%20Kit_gif.png)
Copyright Historical Football Kits and reproduced by kind permission.
MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 15 March 1960
🥅 | 5' Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Ray Swallow
🥅 | 12' Goal, 0-2, (Derby County), George Darwin
⚽ | 13' Goal, 1-2, Stan Lynn, pen
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-2 Derby County
⚽ | 46' Goal, 2-2, Peter McParland, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
⚽ | 66' Goal, 3-2, Vic Crowe, Assist by Ron Wylie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Derby County
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa make it three successive wins and extend their unbeaten run to four as they make it twenty one wins, eight draws and five defeats, four away, in thirty four division two games so far this season as their strong progress towards promotion from the second tier continues.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Derby County
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1945-46
FIXTURE HISTORY
Derby County
Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #66 |
Tuesday, 15 March 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Tom Cooper | 🏴 | Bolton, -1960 🆘
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 63 | 🟩 | 34 🟨 13 🟥 16 | 1.83
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tom Cooper | 🏴 | Bolton, -1960
🆘 Had already awarded a free kick outside the area for a foul in the box before he failed to take action against the thuggish play that descended on the game. It was a surprise no-one was seriously injured on either side.
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Derby County
None
TEAM NEWS
Kevin Keelan and Jimmy Adam replace Nigel Sims and Jimmy MacEwan.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.97 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 31.76 |
Youngest Player |
GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴 | 19.20 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Harry Storer Jr. | 🏴 |
Derby County
GK Terry Adlington | 🏴 |
LB Roy Martin | 🏴 |
D Tony Conwell | 🏴 |
CB Ray Young | 🏴 |
LB Glyn Davies | 🏴 |
RH Albert Mays | 🏴 |
M Jack Parry | 🏴 |
W David Cargill | 🏴 |
W Johnny Hannigan | 🏴 |
F Ray Swallow | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F George Darwin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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
Derby 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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
All Videos
All Videos
🥶 Three points against the Cherries 🍒 | Aston Villa 3-1 Bournemouth | HIGHLIGHTS
FULL PENALTY SHOOTOUT | Aston Villa beat Lille on pens to reach Europa Conference League Semi-Finals
Martinez The Hero 🧤 | Lille 2-1 Aston Villa (3-4 penalties) | Europa Conference League Quarter-Final
