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Game #2584

Saturday, 23 April 1960

Attendance: 31,932

Won

Division Two

Rotherham United

LWLWW

Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-0

Rotherham United

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Bobby Thomson, scored a brace to help Villa clinch the second division title, Saturday, 23 April 1960.

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MATCH TIMELINE

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's promoted Villa side clinch the second division title as they make it twenty five wins, nine draws and seven defeats, six away, in forty one division two games with one game left to play.

Aston Villa

Rotherham United

FIXTURE HISTORY

Rotherham United

Previous 5 vs. Rotherham: | - | - | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #74 |
Saturday, 23 April 1960

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 3-0 |
Last 5 Games | LWLWW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Rotherham United

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TEAM NEWS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.93 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 31.87 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 23.11 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Joe Mercer

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 Gerry Hitchens |

Rotherham United

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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