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Game #2564

Aston Villa

17-6-3, 40 PTS

Saturday, 2 January 1960

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division Two

Swansea City

10-5-9, 25 PTS

Vetch Field

Attendance: 25,653

🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

Swansea Town

1-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 17' | 55' | Bobby Thomson | 89' |

🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 2 January 1960

🟢 | 1' Debut, Norman Ashe
⚽ | 17' Goal, 1-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Peter McParland
🥅 | 20' Goal, 1-1, (Swansea Town), Dave Dodson
🕒 | HT Swansea City 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 55' Goal, 2-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Peter McParland
⚽ | 89' Goal, 3-1, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Bobby Thomson
🕒 | FT Swansea City 3-1 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

🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 2 January 1960
  • Villa open 1960 with another win - their 17th in 26 games so far this season.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa extend their unbeaten run to five and win for the fourth time over that period to make it seventeen wins, six draws and three defeats, all away, in twenty six division two games so far this season as their excellent progress towards promotion from the second tier continues. 

  • Meanwhile, winger Norman Ashe made his Villa debut aged just 16 after joining from school football in July 1958. At 16 years and 48 days old, Ashe becomes the youngest player ever to appear for Villa.

🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 W Norman Ashe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #477 | Youth team promotion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Swansea City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Swansea City
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Previous 5 vs. Swansea: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #54 |
Saturday, 2 January 1960

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🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Roger Woan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1958-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 51 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 11 🟥 14 | 1.75

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Roger Woan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1958-1963

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

🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Bobby Thomson and Norman Ashe (debut) replace Mike Tindall and Jimmy Adam.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.49 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.56 |

Youngest Player |
W Norman Ashe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 16.14 |

Referee

🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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 Norman Ashe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Trevor Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Swansea City

GK John King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Allan Sanders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Harry Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Brian Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Mel Nurse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
WH Dixie Hale | 🇮🇪 |
M Len Allchurch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Dave Dodson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Herbie Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Colin Webster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Brayley Reynolds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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

🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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

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

🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 2 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Reported

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field

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