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Game #2567

Aston Villa

18-6-4, 42 PTS

Saturday, 23 January 1960

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Lost

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Ipswich Town

13-3-11, 29 PTS

Portman Road

Attendance: 19,185

🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

Ipswich Town

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 85' |

🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 23 January 1960

🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 80' Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Jimmy Dugdale o.g.
⚽ | 85' Goal, 1-1, Jimmy Dugdale, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🥅 | 89' Goal, 1-2, (Ipswich Town), Crawford
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 2-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 23 January 1960

Joe Mercer's Villa lose for only the fourth time in twenty nine matches as their seven game unbeaten run comes to an end to make it eighteen wins, six draws and four defeats, all away, in twenty eight division two games so far this season.

🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Ipswich Town

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

Aston Villa

Ipswich Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Ipswich Town

Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟨 🟩 🟩

🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #57 |
Saturday, 23 January 1960

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🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Colchester, 1955-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
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

🕒 54 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 11 🟥 15 | 1.76

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Colchester, 1955-1963
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.56 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 36.15 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 22.86 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

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

Alf Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Ipswich Town

GK Roy Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Larry Carberry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Andy Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ken Malcolm | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Belcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Elsworthy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Aled Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Jimmy Leadbetter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Doug Millward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ray Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Ted Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

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

🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

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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

🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 23 Jan 1960, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

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