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Game #2566

Aston Villa

18-6-3, 42 PTS

Saturday, 16 January 1960

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Bristol Rovers

8-8-10, 24 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 29,110

🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-1

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Bristol Rovers

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Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 40' | 75' | Gerry Hitchens | 54' |

🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 January 1960

⚽ | 40' Goal, 1-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Bristol Rovers
⚽ | 54' Goal, 2-0, Jimmy Adam, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
🥅 | 66' Goal, 2-1, (Bristol Rovers), Geoff Bradford
⚽ | 75' Goal, 3-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Peter McParland
⚽ | 86' Goal, 4-1, Vic Crowe
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers

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

🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 16 January 1960
  • Villa, flying along nicely, record yet another win in their quest for promotion, remain top, four clear of second placed cardiff, seven ahead of Rotherham in third, and nine more than Boro in fourth. Up next is mid table Ipswich, at team who Villa are unbeaten against in their three meetings to date.

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

🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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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

Bristol Rovers

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Bristol Rovers
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Previous 5 vs. Bristol Rovers: 🟨

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

🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #56 |
Saturday, 16 January 1960

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🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, 1959-1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 53 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 11 🟥 14 | 1.79

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, 1959-1965

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

🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Jimmy Adam and Johnny Dixon replace Jimmy MacEwan and Ron Wylie.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.54 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 36.13 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 22.84 |

Referee

🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, 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 Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Bert Tann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bristol Rovers

GK Malcolm Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Doug Hillard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Frowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Josser Watling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Norman Sykes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Mabbutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Hooper | 🇰🇪 |
W George Petherbridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Dai Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Alfie Biggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Geoff Bradford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, 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

Squad Bios

🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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

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

🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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Injury | 2 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 16 Jan 1960, Villa 4-1 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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