Game #2588
Aston Villa
1-0-2, 2 PTS
Saturday, 27 August 1960
Lost
16th (-3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 16,821
Blackpool
Bloomfield Road
1-1-1, 3 PTS
Blackpool
5-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 66' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa are hit for five for the second consecutive match as a Stanley Matthews inspired Blackpool show no mercy for Joe Mercer's newly promoted side.
KEY MAN
Gerry Hitchens, scored his fourth in three but Villa suffer a second successive heavy reverse, this time at Bloomfield Road, Saturday, 27 August 1960.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 August 1960
🥅 | 3' Goal, 0-1, (Blackpool), Arthur Kaye
🥅 | 13' Goal, 0-2, (Blackpool), Jackie Mudie
🥅 | 25' Goal, 0-3, (Blackpool), Ray Charnley
🥅 | 35' Goal, 0-4, (Blackpool), Dave Durie
🕒 | HT Blackpool 4-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 60' Goal, 1-4, Peter McParland
🥅 | 63' Goal, 1-5, (Blackpool), Ray Charnley
⚽ | 66' Goal, 2-5, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Peter McParland
⚽ | 79' Goal, 3-5, Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | FT Blackpool 5-3 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa concede five for the second successive League game and life back in the top flight looks significantly more challenging than it had after the opening day win over Chelsea. Villa had now conceded twelve goals in three games but had managed to score eight over the same period suggesting goals for were not going to be the problem. As a result of the defeat by the seaside Joe Mercer makes it fourteen losses in thirty one top flight matches as Villa boss and makes it a win and two defeats in three division one games so far this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Blackpool
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1952-53
FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackpool
Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #78 |
Saturday, 27 August 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: H Callaghan | 🏴 | Stockport, -1960
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 3-5
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 75 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 14 🟥 22 | 1.75
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: H Callaghan | 🏴 | Stockport, -1960
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Blackpool
None
TEAM NEWS
Kevin Keelan and Harry Burrows replace Nigel Sims and Ron Wylie.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.92 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 32.21 |
Youngest Player |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | 19.46 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Ron Suart | 🏴 |
Blackpool
GK Tony Waiters | 🏴 |
LB Barrie Martin | 🏴 |
CB Roy Gratrix | 🏴 |
RB Jimmy Armfield | 🏴 |
M Leslie Lea | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Kelly | 🏴 |
W Stanley Matthews | 🏴 |
W Arthur Kaye | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Dave Durie | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Ray Charnley | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Jackie Mudie | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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
Blackpool XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Reported
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
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