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Game #2577

Aston Villa

22-8-5, 52 PTS

Saturday, 19 March 1960

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Won

1st (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Scunthorpe United

10-9-15, 29 PTS

Old Show Grounds

Attendance: 13,084

🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

Scunthorpe United

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Bobby Thomson | 44' |

🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 March 1960

⚽ | 44' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Bobby Thomson
🕒 | HT Scunthorpe United 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 53' Goal, 2-0, Gerry Hitchens
🥅 | 73' Goal, 1-2, (Scunthorpe United), Jack Marriott
🕒 | FT Scunthorpe United 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

🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 19 March 1960
  • Villa win at the Old Show Grounds without really trying and retake top spot from Cardiff, opening a one point lead over the Welsh outfit after their defeat to Portsmouth.

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

🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

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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

Scunthorpe United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Scunthorpe United
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Previous 5 vs. Scunthorpe: 🟩

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

🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #67 |
Saturday, 19 March 1960

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🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1955-1962
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

🕒 64 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 13 🟥 16 | 1.84

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1955-1962

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

🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.98 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.77 |

Youngest Player |
GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.21 |

Referee

🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

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

Frank Soo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Scunthorpe United

GK Ivor Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jack Brownsword | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Heward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Neale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Len Sharpe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis John | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Martin Bakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Marriott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Peter Donnelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Barrie Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Harry Middleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

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

🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

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

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

🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

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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🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

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