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Game #2565

Aston Villa

Saturday, 9 January 1960

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

FA Cup

Leeds United

Villa Park

Attendance: 43,474

🟩 9 Jan 1960, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Leeds United

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Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 30' | Peter McParland | 49' |

🟩 9 Jan 1960, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 9 January 1960

🥅 | 26' Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), John McCole
⚽ | 30' Goal, 1-1, Peter McParland, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Leeds United
⚽ | 49' Goal, 2-1, Ron Wylie, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 9 January 1960

Joe Mercer's Villa transfer their excellent League form into the FA Cup as they beat division one Leeds in the third round.

🟩 9 Jan 1960, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Leeds United

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

Aston Villa

Leeds United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leeds United

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

🟩 9 Jan 1960, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #27 |
Manager Game | #55 |
Saturday, 9 January 1960

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🟩 9 Jan 1960, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: John Husband | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, -1960
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

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Timeline
On This Day
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Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 52 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 11 🟥 14 | 1.77

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟩 9 Jan 1960, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: John Husband | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, -1960
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 9 Jan 1960, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Jimmy MacEwan replaces Norman Ashe.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.84 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.58 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 22.82 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 9 Jan 1960, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

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

MANAGER

Jack Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leeds United

GK Roy Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Jimmy Ashall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jack Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Grenville Hair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Cameron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Archie Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Chris Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W George Meek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Billy Cush | 🇬🇧 |
F Noel Peyton | 🇮🇪 |
CF John McCole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 9 Jan 1960, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 9 Jan 1960, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

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

🟩 9 Jan 1960, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 9 Jan 1960, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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