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Game #2579

Aston Villa

22-9-5, 53 PTS

Wednesday, 30 March 1960

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Drew

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Division Two

Liverpool

15-11-9, 41 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,000

🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-4

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Liverpool

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🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 30 March 1960

🥅 | 19' Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Roger Hunt
🥅 | 24' Goal, 0-2, (Liverpool), Dave Hickson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool
🥅 | 46' Goal, 0-3, (Liverpool), John Molyneux
🥅 | 60' Goal, 0-4, (Liverpool), Dave Hickson
⚽ | 66' Goal, 1-4, Peter McParland
⚽ | 72' Goal, 2-4, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Jimmy Adam
⚽ | 75' Goal, 3-4, Stan Lynn, pen
⚽ | 85' Goal, 4-4, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Ron Wylie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-4 Liverpool

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

🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 30 March 1960
  • Depleted Villa come out all guns blazing to then find themselves two down, conceding two more by the 60th minute, Villa are facing only their second home defeat of the season however Joe Mercer's men have other ideas. Scoring four to equalise, missing a host of other chances and an open invitation to score in the final knockings and they share a 4-4 draw with Liverpool.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa, in a season peppered with remarkable results, entertain with a four-all draw against promotion rivals Liverpool to make it five League games unbeaten and twenty two wins, nine draws and five defeats, four away, in thirty six division two games so far this season as their strong progress towards promotion from the second tier continues. 

  • Meanwhile, midfielder Trevor Birch made his final appearance for Villa aged 26 before moving on to Stockport County in November 1960. Birch played for Villa between 1954-55 and 1959-60 making 22 appearances.

🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Trevor Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1954-60 🕒 22 | ✅ 22 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 - | #442 |

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

Aston Villa

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

Liverpool

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1946-47

FIXTURE HISTORY
Liverpool
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Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #69 |
Wednesday, 30 March 1960

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🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jim Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hereford, 1960-1971
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 4-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

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

🕒 66 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 14 🟥 17 | 1.8

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jim Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hereford, 1960-1971

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

🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Trevor Birch (first appearance of the season), Jimmy Adam and Brian Handley replace Pat Saward, Jimmy MacEwan and Gerry Hitchens.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.23 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.80 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 23.04 |

Referee

🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, 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 Trevor Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bill Shankly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Liverpool

GK Bert Slater | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Molyneux | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Dick White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ronnie Moran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Leishman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Johnny Wheeler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alan A’Court | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Liddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Jimmy Harrower | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Roger Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dave Hickson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, 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

🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park

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

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

🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park

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Injury | 3 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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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🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park

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