CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Centre Forward

1960 🕒 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | #478 |

Previous Player	Next Player
W Norman Ashe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #477 \|	GK Kevin Keelan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #479 \|

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Personal Profile

Full Name	Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country		Citizenship		Height	Foot
Brian Handley	21 June 1936	Wakefield	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Personal

Transfer In

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Transfer In

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1957-58	September 1957	21	Youth	Aston Villa Youth		Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Career

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Villa Career

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1960 | Youth |
Football League First Division |
🕒 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | #478 |

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Played Under

Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1960

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Career Summary

Seasons	Appearances 🕒	Starts 🕒	Substitute 🔁	Unused Sub 🇺	Points per Game (PPG)
1	3	3	0	0

🟩 Won	🟩 Win %	🟨 Drew	🟨 Drawn %	🟥 Lost	🟥 Loss %

Goals ⚽	Assists 🔥	Yellow Cards 🟨	Red Cards 🟥
0	1	0	0

Goal Involvements (GI)	Games per Goal (GPG)	Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
1	0.00

Seasons

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Season by Season Record

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1959-60	23	D2		3	3	0	0	1	0								0.00

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🇺	🔥	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #	Goals Conceded 🥅	Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)	Clean Sheets ⛔	% Clean Sheets ⛔ %

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1959-60	23	D2	3

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Villa Youth Record

1957-60 Aston Villa Youth

Previous Clubs

Goole Town

1957-60 Aston Villa Youth & Reserves
Football League First Division, Second Division

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Debut

Squad From Season	First Squad Match	First Squad Under
1959-60	1 March 1960	Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Promoted to First Team Under	Promoted to First Team Date
Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	March 1960

Debut Season	Debut Date	Debut Age	Debut Under
1959-60	1 March 1960	23	Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Debut

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

First Goal Date

Game #	Match	Scorer(s)

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Loans Out

None

Final

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Final Appearance

Final Season	Final Game	Final Age	Final Game Under
1959-60	2 April 1960	23	Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Squad To Season	Final Squad	Final Squad Under
1959-60	2 April 1960	Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Transfer Out

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1960-61	September 1960	24	Free	Torquay United		Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Transfer Out

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Subsequent Clubs

1960-64 Torquay United
Football League Third Division, Fourth Division
🕒 80 | ⚽ 42 | (League)

1964-66 Bridgwater Town
Western League

1966 Rochdale
Football League Fourth Division
🕒 3 | 3 (0) | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1966 Retired aged 30

Quotes

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Quotes

Biography

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Biography

Player #478 for Aston Villa, Brian Handley, played as a centre forward for the club.

Brian played for Villa in 1959-60 making 3 appearances.

Brian was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire on 21 June 1936 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Tuesday, 1 March 1960 aged 23.

Villa had signed Brian from Goole Town in September 1957.

Within one month of his debut, Brian had played his final game for Villa on Saturday, 2 April 1960 before moving on to Torquay United in September 1960.

Brian played under manager Joe Mercer.

Brian passed away in Hemsworth, West Yorkshire on 5 March 1982 aged just 45.

Died

5 March 1982, Aged 45

Appearances

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Appearances

3

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #2573	🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Neal \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| M Mike Tindall \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Jimmy MacEwan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| F Bobby Thomson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CF Brian Handley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2579	🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park	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 \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2580	🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley	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 \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Starts

3

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #2573	🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park	GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB John Neal \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Stan Lynn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Jimmy Dugdale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Pat Saward \| 🇮🇪 \| M Mike Tindall \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Jimmy MacEwan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Peter McParland \| 🇬🇧 \| F Bobby Thomson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| CF Brian Handley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| 🔥 \|
Game #2579	🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park	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 \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #2580	🟥 2 Apr 1960, Villa 0-2 Charlton, The Valley	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 \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \|

Starts

Subs

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Sub Sub

Unused

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Goals Scored

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)

Goals

Assists

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Assists Made

1

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)
Game #2573	🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park	Assist(s) \| Brian Handley \| 80' \|

Cards

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Cards Received

🟨

0 🟥

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

International

International Career

England

FA	National Team	Caps with Villa
	England

FA	National Team	Full International Record
	England

FA	🕒 Caps	🕒 Starts	🔁 Sub	⚽ Goals

FA	First Cap with Villa

FA	First International Goal with Villa

FA	Last Cap with Villa

International Record

England

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match

Matches

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Matches

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park

Game #2573

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #63 |
Tuesday, 1 March 1960

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Bobby Thomson | 80' |

Assist(s) | Brian Handley | 80' |

Teams

Starting XI

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

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

GK Bill Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ron Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dennis Gratton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bob Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jeff Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Fred Middleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bert Linnecor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Derek Hawksworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W John McLelland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ron Smillie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Harbertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Joe Mercer's Villa drop points at home for the second successive game as Lincoln have now held Villa home and away to make it nineteen wins, eight draws and five defeats, four away, in thirty two division two games. Meanwhile, centre forward Brian Handley made his Villa debut aged 23 after moving from Goole Town in September 1958.

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

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

Game #2579

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jim Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hereford, 1959-1972
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 4-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

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

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 66' | Bobby Thomson | 72' | 85' | Stan Lynn (pen) | 75' |

Teams

Starting XI

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

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) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

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.

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

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

Game #2580

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

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

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

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 | 🇿🇦 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🥅 | 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

On This Day

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.

AVFC History Celebrating 150 Years

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Centre Forward

1960 🕒 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | #478 |

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Personal Profile

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Transfer In

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Villa Career

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Played Under

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Career Summary

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Season by Season Record

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Goalkeeping Record

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Honours

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Villa Youth Record

Previous Clubs

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Debut

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

First Goal Date

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Loans Out

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Final Appearance

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Transfer Out

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Subsequent Clubs

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Quotes

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Biography

Died

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Appearances

3

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Starts

3

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Substitute Appearances

0

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Goals Scored

0

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Assists Made

1

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Cards Received

🟨

0

🟥

0

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International Career

England

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International Record

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England

Starter

Substitute

Goals

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

Matches

CF Brian Handley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #478 |

🟨 1 Mar 1960, Villa 1-1 Lincoln, Villa Park