Game #2569
Aston Villa
19-6-4, 44 PTS
Saturday, 6 February 1960
Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division Two
Huddersfield Town
12-7-9, 31 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 44,879
🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-0
Huddersfield Town
Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 29' | Peter McParland | 36' | Gerry Hitchens | 55' |
🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 6 February 1960
⚽ | 29' Goal, 1-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 36' Goal, 2-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Huddersfield Town
⚽ | 55' Goal, 3-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
⚽ | 75' Goal, 4-0, Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Huddersfield Town
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
🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 6 February 1960
Villa beat fifth placed Huddersfield to open up a thirteen point gap at the top of the table, second and third placed Cardiff and Rotherham draw to leave them two and seven points behind Villa respectively.
Joe Mercer's Villa hammer promotion rivals Huddersfield to make it nineteen wins, six draws and four defeats, all away, in twenty nine division two games so far this season as their excellent progress towards promotion from the second tier continues.
🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
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
Huddersfield Town
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1925-26
🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #59 |
Saturday, 6 February 1960
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🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: C. H. Dennis | 🏴 | Redhill, 1958-1960
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 56 | 🟩 | 30 🟨 11 🟥 15 | 1.8
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: C. H. Dennis | 🏴 | Redhill, 1958-1960
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.92 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 31.66 |
Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | 22.90 |
🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
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
Eddie Boot | 🏴 |
Huddersfield Town
GK Ray Wood | 🏴 |
FB Brian Gibson | 🏴 |
CB John Coddington | 🏴 |
CB Jack Connor | 🏴 |
LB Ray Wilson | 🏴 |
LH Gordon Low | 🏴 |
M Bill McGarry | 🏴 |
M Derek Hawksworth | 🏴 |
W Kevin McHale | 🏴 |
CF Denis Law | 🏴 |
CF Les Massie | 🏴 |
🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
SQUAD STATS
Huddersfield XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 6 Feb 1960, Villa 4-0 Huddersfield, Villa Park