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Game #2589

Aston Villa

2-0-2, 4 PTS

Monday, 29 August 1960

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Won

11th (+5)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

West Ham United

2-0-2, 4 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 30,000

🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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West Ham United

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🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 29 August 1960

🥅 | 18' Goal, 0-1, (West Ham United), Dave Dunmore
💥 | Player injured on field of play, Nigel Sims
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 West Ham United
⚽ | 69' Goal, 1-1, Gerry Hitchens
⚽ | 88' Goal, 2-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Ron Wylie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 West Ham United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 29 August 1960

Joe Mercer's Villa return to Villa Park after successive away games and turn the tables on West Ham - their conquerers at Upton Park two games earlier. As a result Villa make it two wins, both at home, and two defeats, both away, on their return to the top flight with ten goals scored and thirteen conceded.

🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

West Ham United

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

Aston Villa

West Ham United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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West Ham United

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #79 |
Monday, 29 August 1960

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🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, 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: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

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MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 76 | 🟩 | 40 🟨 14 🟥 22 | 1.76

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Nigel Sims and Ron Wylie replace Kevin Keelan and Harry Burrows as Joe Mercer names the same line up for the third time in four games.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.48 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.22 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 23.46 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, 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 Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Brian Rhodes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Noel Cantwell | 🇮🇪 |
D Ken Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bobby Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |,
W Malcolm Musgrove | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mike Grice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Andy Smillie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Dave Dunmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Geoff Hurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, 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

🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

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Squad Bios

🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 29 Aug 1960, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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