Game #2579
Aston Villa
22-9-5, 53 PTS
Wednesday, 30 March 1960
Aston Villa
4-4
Liverpool
Division Two
Liverpool
15-11-9, 41 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,000
Drew
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
Assist(s) | Jimmy Adam | 72' | Ron Wylie | 85' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Bobby Thomson, scored a brace to help Villa secure a remarkable 4-4 draw, Wednesday, 30 March 1960.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 30 March 1960
🥅 | 19' Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Roger Hunt
🥅 | 24' Goal, 0-2, (Liverpool), Dave Hickson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool
🥅 | 46' Goal, 0-3, (Liverpool), John Molyneux
🥅 | 60' Goal, 0-4, (Liverpool), Dave Hickson
⚽ | 66' Goal, 1-4, Peter McParland
⚽ | 72' Goal, 2-4, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Jimmy Adam
⚽ | 75' Goal, 3-4, Stan Lynn, pen
⚽ | 85' Goal, 4-4, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Ron Wylie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-4 Liverpool
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa, in a season peppered with remarkable results, entertain with a four-all draw against promotion rivals Liverpool to make it five League games unbeaten and twenty two wins, nine draws and five defeats, four away, in thirty six division two games so far this season as their strong progress towards promotion from the second tier continues.
Meanwhile, midfielder Trevor Birch made his final appearance for Villa aged 26 before moving on to Stockport County in November 1960. Birch played for Villa between 1954-55 and 1959-60 making 22 appearances.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Liverpool
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1946-47
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #69 |
Wednesday, 30 March 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jim Finney | 🏴 | Hereford, 1959-1972
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 4-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 66 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 14 🟥 17 | 1.8
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jim Finney | 🏴 | Hereford, 1959-1972
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Trevor Birch (first appearance of the season), Jimmy Adam and Brian Handley replace Pat Saward, Jimmy MacEwan and Gerry Hitchens.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.23 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 31.80 |
Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | 23.04 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Trevor Birch | 🏴 | 🔴 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Brian Handley | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Bill Shankly | 🏴 |
Liverpool
GK Bert Slater | 🏴 |
RB John Molyneux | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Dick White | 🏴 |
LB Ronnie Moran | 🏴 |
M Tommy Leishman | 🏴 |
M Johnny Wheeler | 🏴 |
W Alan A’Court | 🏴 |
W Billy Liddell | 🏴 |
F Jimmy Harrower | 🏴 |
CF Roger Hunt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dave Hickson (ex) | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
Liverpool XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
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
🔴 M Trevor Birch | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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