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Game #2572

Aston Villa

19-7-5, 45 PTS

Saturday, 27 February 1960

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Lost

2nd (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Sheffield United

14-7-9, 35 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 43,830

🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-3

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Sheffield United

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🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 27 February 1960

🥅 | 4' Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield United), Derek Pace
🥅 | 31' Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield United), Derek Pace
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Sheffield United
🥅 | 57' Goal, 0-3, (Sheffield United), Derek Pace
⚽ | 63' Goal, 2-1, Bobby Thomson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Sheffield United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 27 February 1960

Joe Mercer's Villa suffer a shock defeat at home - their first of the campaign - and just their fifth defeat in thirty four games this season but their second in six to make it nineteen wins, seven draws and five defeats, four away, in thirty one division two games.

🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Sheffield United

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1924–25

Aston Villa

Sheffield United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sheffield United

Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #62 |
Saturday, 27 February 1960

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🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1954-1971
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

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Timeline
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Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 59 | 🟩 | 31 🟨 12 🟥 16 | 1.78

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1954-1971
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.97 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.72 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 22.95 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, 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 MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

John Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Sheffield United

GK Alan Hodgkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Cec Coldwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Graham Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Summers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Kevin Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ron Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Willie Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Derek Pace (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, 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

🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Villa 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

🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Villa Park

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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

🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 27 Feb 1960, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Villa Park

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