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Game #2586

Aston Villa

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Saturday, 20 August 1960

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Won

4th=

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division One

Chelsea

0-0-1, 0 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 43,776

🟩 20 Aug 1960, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-2

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Chelsea

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Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 63' | Bobby Thomson | 67' |

🟩 20 Aug 1960, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 August 1960

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Chelsea
⚽ | 63' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 67' Goal, 2-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Bobby Thomson
🥅 | 78' Goal, 2-1, (Chelsea), Derek Gibbs
⚽ | 79' Goal, 3-1, Bobby Thomson
🥅 | 80' Goal, 3-2, (Chelsea), Peter Brabrook
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Chelsea

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

🟩 20 Aug 1960, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 August 1960
  1. Villa open the season with a morale boosting win over Chelsea to get their first division campaign off to the best possible start.

  2. Joe Mercer's Villa open the 1960-61 season and their first season back in the top flight since 1958-59 with a win over a Chelsea side who narrowly avoided relegation alongside Villa's neighbours Birmingham in 1959-60. Villa's win was their first top flight victory since March 1959 and only the seventh in Mercer's now 73 game reign.

🟩 20 Aug 1960, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, 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

Chelsea

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55

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

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

🟩 20 Aug 1960, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #76 |
Saturday, 20 August 1960

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🟩 20 Aug 1960, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1958-1969
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
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

🕒 73 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 14 🟥 20 | 1.79

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟩 20 Aug 1960, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1958-1969

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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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

🟩 20 Aug 1960, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.45 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.19 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 23.43 |

Referee

🟩 20 Aug 1960, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ted Drake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Chelsea

GK Peter Bonetti | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Sillett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Sillett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Terry Venables | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Bradbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Blunstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Brabrook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Johnny Brooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Derek Gibbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Jimmy Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 20 Aug 1960, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 20 Aug 1960, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, 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

🟩 20 Aug 1960, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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

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

🟩 20 Aug 1960, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 20 Aug 1960, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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UNAVAILABLE
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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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🟩 20 Aug 1960, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 20 Aug 1960, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 20 Aug 1960, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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