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Game #2582

Aston Villa

23-9-7, 55 PTS

Saturday, 16 April 1960

Lost

2nd (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Attendance: 54,769

Cardiff City

Ninian Park

23-10-16, 56 PTS

Villa lose to Cardiff at Ninian Park and with three games to go lose top spot despite having held the pre-eminent position for all but two weeks of the season it looks like the Welsh club may pip Villa at the last to the Second Division championship.

Cardiff City

1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 16 April 1960

🥅 | 13' Goal, 0-1, (Cardiff City), Graham Moore
🕒 | HT Cardiff City 1-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Cardiff City 1-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa come off second best against title rivals and fellow promoted side Cardiff as they lose narrowly at Ninian Park to make it twenty three wins, nine draws and seven defeats, six away, in thirty nine division two games so far this season.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57

Cardiff City

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1926-27

FIXTURE HISTORY

Cardiff City

Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #72 |
Saturday, 11 April 1959

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: C. H. Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Greenford, -1960
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 72 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 15 🟥 20 | 1.75

Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: C. H. Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Greenford, -1960
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

C. H. Rogers

CARDS

Villa

None

Cardiff City

None

TEAM NEWS

Johnny Dixon replaces Gerry Hitchens.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.90 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 36.38 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 23.09 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bill Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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 Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Cardiff City

GK Ron Nicholls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alec Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Ron Stitfall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Danny Malloy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Steve Gammon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Graham Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Brian Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Colin Hudson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Derek Tapscott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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

Cardiff XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
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

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Trinity Mirror. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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