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Game #2576

Aston Villa

21-8-5, 50 PTS

Tuesday, 15 March 1960

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Won

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Derby County

10-5-27, 25 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 37,672

🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-2

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Derby County

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Assist(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 46' | Ron Wylie | 66' |

🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 15 March 1960

🥅 | 5' Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Ray Swallow
🥅 | 12' Goal, 0-2, (Derby County), George Darwin
⚽ | 13' Goal, 1-2, Stan Lynn, pen
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-2 Derby County
⚽ | 46' Goal, 2-2, Peter McParland, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
⚽ | 66' Goal, 3-2, Vic Crowe, Assist by Ron Wylie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Derby County

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

🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 15 March 1960
  • Villa win their game in hand over Cardiff to close the gap to the leaders to one point but the game itself is little more than a bout of violence interspersed with quality moves from Villa that see them ascend over thuggish Derby.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa make it three successive wins and extend their unbeaten run to four as they make it twenty one wins, eight draws and five defeats, four away, in thirty four division two games so far this season as their strong progress towards promotion from the second tier continues.

🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa 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

Derby County

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1945-46

FIXTURE HISTORY
Derby County
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Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

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

🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #66 |
Tuesday, 15 March 1960

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🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Tom Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1957-1960
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 63 | 🟩 | 34 🟨 13 🟥 16 | 1.83

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tom Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1957-1960

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

🆘 Had already awarded a free kick outside the area for a foul in the box before he failed to take action against the thuggish play that descended on the game. It was a surprise no-one was seriously injured on either side.

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Kevin Keelan and Jimmy Adam replace Nigel Sims and Jimmy MacEwan.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.97 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.76 |

Youngest Player |
GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.20 |

Referee

🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Harry Storer Jr. | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Derby County

GK Terry Adlington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Roy Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Tony Conwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ray Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Glyn Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RH Albert Mays | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Jack Parry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W David Cargill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Johnny Hannigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ray Swallow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F George Darwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, 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

🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park

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

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

🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park

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

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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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park

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