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Game #2573

Aston Villa

19-8-5, 46 PTS

Tuesday, 1 March 1960

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Drew

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

Division Two

Lincoln City

11-6-14, 28 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 33,868

🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-1

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Lincoln City

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Assist(s) | Brian Handley | 80' |

🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 1 March 1960

🟢 | 1' Debut, Brian Handley
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, Nigel Sims
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Lincoln City
🥅 | 64' Goal, 0-1, (Lincoln City), Derek Hawksworth
⚽ | 80' Goal, 1-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Brian Handley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Lincoln City

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

🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 1 March 1960
  • Villa can only draw their game in hand over leaders Cardiff and only reduce the gap to two points. 

  • Lincoln suffer outrageous fortune in injuring Nigel Sims just before half time, leaving him incapacitated for the entire second period before lucking into a goal having survived a storm of Villa chances both before and after their strike.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa drop points at home for the second successive game as Lincoln have now held Villa home and away to make it nineteen wins, eight draws and five defeats, four away, in thirty two division two games. 

  • Meanwhile, centre forward Brian Handley made his Villa debut aged 23 after moving from Goole Town in September 1958.

🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 | Youth team promotion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Lincoln City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Lincoln City
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Previous 5 vs. Lincoln: 🟨

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

Lincoln City

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Lincoln City

SUBSEQUENT MATCH
None

🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #63 |
Tuesday, 1 March 1960

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🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

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

🕒 60 | 🟩 | 31 🟨 13 🟥 16 | 1.77

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

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

🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Mike Tindall and Brian Handley (debut) replace Gerry Hitchens and Ron Wylie.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.13 |

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

Youngest Player |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.92 |

Referee

🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, 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 | 🇮🇪 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Con Moulson | 🇮🇪 |

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Lincoln City

GK Bill Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ron Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dennis Gratton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bob Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jeff Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Fred Middleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bert Linnecor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Derek Hawksworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W John McLelland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ron Smillie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Harbertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, 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

Squad Bios

🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park

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

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

🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park

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