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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

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

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

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 February 1960
  • Villa squeak past Vale at a muddy Vale Park as Jimmy MacEwan's crossing rescues Joe Mercer's men to reach the FA Cup Quarter Finals for the third time in four seasons.

  • 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

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Port Vale

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Port Vale
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Previous 5 vs. Port Vale: 🟩

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

🟩 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, 1960-1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

🕒 58 | 🟩 | 31 🟨 12 🟥 15 | 1.81

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tommy Langdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darlington, 1960-1961

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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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

🟩 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

🟩 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

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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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

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

UNAVAILABLE
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None

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 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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