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Game #2574

Aston Villa

20-8-5, 48 PTS

Saturday, 5 March 1960

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Won

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division Two

Middlesbrough

15-8-9, 30 PTS

Ayresome Park

Attendance: 39,432

🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome

Middlesbrough

0-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Pat Saward | 14' |

🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 March 1960

🟢 | 1' Debut, Kevin Keelan
⚽ | 14' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Pat Saward
🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 1-1 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

🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 5 March 1960

  • Villa beat third placed Boro to open up a 10 point gap and make promotion a real possibility. 

  • The question then becomes who will be Champions, Cardiff who took top spot from Villa for the first time a week previously keep a 2 point gap thanks to their victory over Huddersfield.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa win for the first time in three to make it twenty wins, eight draws and five defeats, four away, in thirty three division two games so far this season as their onward progress towards promotion from the second tier continues. 

  • Meanwhile, goalkeeper Kevin Keelan made his Villa debut aged 19 after joining from Kidderminster Harriers in 1957.

🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 | 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

Middlesbrough

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Middlesbrough

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Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #64 |
Saturday, 5 March 1960

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🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: J Bellwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liversedge, -1960
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 61 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 13 🟥 16 | 1.79

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: J. Bellwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liversedge, -1960
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

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

🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Kevin Keelan (debut), Jimmy Adam and Gerry Hitchens replace Nigel Sims, Mike Tindall and Brian Handley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.34 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.73 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 22.97 |

Referee

🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Bob Dennison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

GK Peter Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mick McNeil | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Derek Stonehouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Yeoman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bill Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Edwin Holliday | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Ronnie Waldock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Willie Fernie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Derek McLean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome

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

🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome

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MATCH VIDEO

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