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Game #2580

Aston Villa

22-9-6, 53 PTS

Saturday, 2 April 1960

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Lost

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division Two

Charlton Athletic

15-9-12, 39 PTS

The Valley

Attendance: 28,068

🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley

Charlton Athletic

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 2 April 1960

🥅 | 19' Goal, 0-1, (Charlton Athletic), Sammy Lawrie
🥅 | 42' Goal, 0-2, (Charlton Athletic), Johnny Summers
🕒 | HT Charlton Athletic 0-2 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Charlton Athletic 0-2 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

🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 2 April 1960
  • Villa - with an opportunity to seal promotion - lose at the Valley but keep hold of top spot and a lead of one point over second as Cardiff are beaten heavily once again.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa, having destroyed Charlton 11-1 earlier in the season surprisingly lose at the Valley for their first League defeat in six and make it twenty two wins, nine draws and six defeats, five away, in thirty seven division two games so far this season. Despite the shock defeat, Villa are still odds on for promotion back to the top flight at the first attempt. Meanwhile, centre forward Brian Handley made his third and final Villa appearance aged 23 before moving on to Torquay United in September 1960.

🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1960 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 - | #478 |

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

Aston Villa

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

Charlton Athletic

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Charlton Athletic
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Previous 5 vs. Charlton: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #70 |
Saturday, 2 April 1960

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🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Archie Murdoch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1949-1960
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

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

🕒 67 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 14 🟥 18 | 1.78

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Archie Murdoch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1949-1960

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

🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Pat Saward replaces Trevor Birch.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.72 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.81 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 23.05 |

Referee

🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley

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 | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Trotter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Charlton Athletic

GK Willie Duff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Don Townsend | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Marvin Hinton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Hewie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CH Gordon Jago | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Fred Lucas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Sammy Lawrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Johnny Summers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ron White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dennis Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Stuart Leary | 🇿🇦 |

Line Ups

🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley

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

🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley

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

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

🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley

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Injury | 2 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley

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