Aston Villa

25-9-8, 59 PTS

Saturday, 30 April 1960

1959-60

1st (-)

Lost

0-3

Plymouth Argyle

13-9-20, 35 PTS

Division Two

Home Park

Attendance: 29,895

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Saturday, 30 April 1960

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🟥 30 Apr 1960, Villa 0-3 Plymouth, Home Park

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 72 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 14 🟥 20 | 1.78

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Game #2585

Match Record

Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #75 |
Saturday, 30 April 1960

Game Record

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: David Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stonehouse, 1960-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Head to Head

Previous 5 vs. Plymouth: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Total 🕒 8 | 🟩 W5 (63% ) | 🟨 D2 | 🇺(88% ) | 🟥 L1 (13% ) | ⚽ 20 | 🥅 10 | GD 10

Villa Trophy Cabinet

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

Head to Head

Opposition Trophy Cabinet

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Team News

Unavailable

Injury | 1 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

Joe Mercer names the same line up for the third consecutive game.

Squad News

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

Match Timeline

Line Up & Subs

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Jack Rowley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GK Geoff Barnsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bryce Fulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Reg Wyatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D George Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Newman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Johnny Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Peter Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bill Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jim McAnearney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF George Kirby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Alex Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Officials

Referee: David Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stonehouse, 1960-1973
Linesmen: K. R. B. Hale; H. N. Lye

Officials

Referee Profile

VAR Profile (Post 2021)

Officials

Villa Bookings

None

Opposition Bookings

None

Villa Sendings Off

None

Opposition Sendings Off

None

Matchday Squads

Goalkeepers
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |

Wingers
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

Forwards
CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Goalkeepers
GK Geoff Barnsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Reg Wyatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D George Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Newman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
LB Bryce Fulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Johnny Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Peter Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bill Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Jim McAnearney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF George Kirby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alex Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Match Media

What they Said

Match Highlights

Team Selection

Goalkeeper

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

192

✅

192

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

288

Defenders

FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

195

✅

195

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

300

✅

300

⚽

🔥

🟩

117

🟨

🟥

103

M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

158

✅

158

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Midfielders

M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

🕒

176

✅

176

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

🕒

270

✅

270

⚽

🔥

🟩

101

🟨

🟥

100

CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

104

✅

104

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Forwards

CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Substitutes

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

🕒

🔁

⚽

Sub 1

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

1959-60

First Team Squad

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

CB Terry Morrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #471 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #472 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #476 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #439 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #470 |

Winger

Where are they now?

CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #473 |

Forward

Where are they now?

F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #448 |

Forward

Where are they now?

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #453 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #468 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #422 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | #447 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #475 |

Winger

Where are they now?

W Norman Ashe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #477 |

Winger

Where are they now?

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Forward

Where are they now?

F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #396 |

Forward

Where are they now?

CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #450 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #462 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #474 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

M Trevor Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #442 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #469 |

Winger

Where are they now?

W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | #431 |

Winger

Where are they now?

CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #460 |

Forward

Where are they now?

CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #467 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Matchday Programme

League Table