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Game #2571

Aston Villa

Saturday, 20 February 1960

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Won

5th Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

FA Cup

Port Vale

Vale Park

Attendance: 48,749

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale Park

Port Vale

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 58' | 84' |

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 20 February 1960

🥅 | 36' Goal, 0-1, (Port Vale, pen), Brian Jackson
🕒 | HT Port Vale 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 58' Goal, 1-1, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 84' Goal, 2-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | FT Port Vale 1-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 20 February 1960

Joe Mercer's Villa extend their unbeaten run to four as they beat third division Port Vale in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Port Vale

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

Aston Villa

Port Vale

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Port Vale

Previous 5 vs. Port Vale: 🟩

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #61 |
Saturday, 20 February 1960

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🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Tommy Langdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darlington, -1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

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MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 58 | 🟩 | 31 🟨 12 🟥 15 | 1.81

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Tommy Langdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darlington, -1961
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names the same line up for the fourth consecutive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.95 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.70 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 22.93 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale 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

Norman Low | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Port Vale

GK John Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB David Raine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Miles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Roy Sproson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Peter Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RH Albert Leake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Harry Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IF Stan Steele | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Graham Barnett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Cliff Portwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale 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

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale 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

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 20 Feb 1960, Villa 2-1 Port Vale, Vale Park

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