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Game #2550

Aston Villa

8-3-1, 19 PTS

Saturday, 3 October 1959

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Drew

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Division Two

Lincoln City

2-1-8, 5 PTS

Sincil Bank

Attendance: 13,850

🟨 3 Oct 1959, Villa 0-0 Lincoln, Sincil Bank

Lincoln City

0-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 3 Oct 1959, Villa 0-0 Lincoln, Sincil Bank

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 3 October 1959

🕒 | HT Lincoln City 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Lincoln City 0-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟨 3 Oct 1959, Villa 0-0 Lincoln, Sincil Bank

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 3 October 1959

  • Villa draw for the second successive away game as they are held by bottom of the table Lincoln but they keep their three point lead at the top of the table.

  • Villa face Lincoln City for the first time in competitive football, Lincoln become the 87th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa extend their unbeaten run to ten but are held to a second successive draw - this time at Sincil Bank - as they make it eight wins, three draws and a defeat in twelve division two games so far this season as their excellent start to life in the second tier continues.

🟨 3 Oct 1959, Villa 0-0 Lincoln, Sincil Bank

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Lincoln City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Lincoln City

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Previous 5 vs. Lincoln: None

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Lincoln City

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Lincoln City

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 3 Oct 1959, Villa 0-0 Lincoln, Sincil Bank

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #40 |
Saturday, 3 October 1959

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🟨 3 Oct 1959, Villa 0-0 Lincoln, Sincil Bank

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Dagnall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1955-1968
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 37 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 8 🟥 12 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟨 3 Oct 1959, Villa 0-0 Lincoln, Sincil Bank

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ken Dagnall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1955-1968
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 3 Oct 1959, Villa 0-0 Lincoln, Sincil Bank

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer makes his first change to the line up in nine games as Jimmy Adam replaces Peter McParland.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.84 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.31 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 22.55 |

Referee

🟨 3 Oct 1959, Villa 0-0 Lincoln, Sincil Bank

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Con Moulson | 🇮🇪 |

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Lincoln City

GK Bill Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ron Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dennis Gratton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bob Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jeff Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bert Linnecor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Fred Middleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ron Smillie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John McLelland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Roy Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Graver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 3 Oct 1959, Villa 0-0 Lincoln, Sincil Bank

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 3 Oct 1959, Villa 0-0 Lincoln, Sincil Bank

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Squad Bios

🟨 3 Oct 1959, Villa 0-0 Lincoln, Sincil Bank

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

SQUAD STATS

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

🟨 3 Oct 1959, Villa 0-0 Lincoln, Sincil Bank

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 3 Oct 1959, Villa 0-0 Lincoln, Sincil Bank

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 3 Oct 1959, Villa 0-0 Lincoln, Sincil Bank

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 3 Oct 1959, Villa 0-0 Lincoln, Sincil Bank

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 3 Oct 1959, Villa 0-0 Lincoln, Sincil Bank

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MATCH VIDEO

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