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Game #2583

Aston Villa

24-9-7, 57 PTS

Monday, 18 April 1960

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Won

1st (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division Two

Stoke

13-7-20, 33 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 25,939

🟩 18 Apr 1960, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Stoke City

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🟩 18 Apr 1960, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 18 April 1960

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Stoke City
⚽ | 60' Goal, 1-0, Stan Lynn, pen
⚽ | 68' Goal, 2-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Ron Wylie
🥅 | 75' Goal, 2-1, (Stoke City), Bowyer
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Stoke City

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

🟩 18 Apr 1960, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 18 April 1960

  • Villa beat Stoke to retake top spot from Cardiff as the Welshmen lost at home to Plymouth.

  • Joe Mercer's promoted Villa side make it twenty four wins, nine draws and seven defeats, six away, in forty division two games so far this season as they close in on the second division title with two games left to play.

🟩 18 Apr 1960, Villa 2-1 Stoke, 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

Stoke

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Stoke

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Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨

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

🟩 18 Apr 1960, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #73 |
Monday, 18 April 1960

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🟩 18 Apr 1960, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
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

🕒 70 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 14 🟥 19 | 1.79

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟩 18 Apr 1960, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

REFEREE PROFILE

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

🟩 18 Apr 1960, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gerry Hitchens replaces Johnny Dixon.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.92 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.85 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 23.09 |

Referee

🟩 18 Apr 1960, Villa 2-1 Stoke, 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 Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Frank Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Stoke

GK Tommy Younger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Tony Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ron Andrew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Denis Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RH Edward Rayner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Cairns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Don Ratcliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Frank Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Howitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Johnny King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 18 Apr 1960, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 18 Apr 1960, Villa 2-1 Stoke, 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

🟩 18 Apr 1960, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 18 Apr 1960, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 18 Apr 1960, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 18 Apr 1960, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 18 Apr 1960, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 18 Apr 1960, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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