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GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Goalkeeper

1960 🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #479 |

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GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Personal Profile

Full Name
Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
Kevin Damien Keelan
5 January 1941
Calcutta
India
🇮🇳
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal
Transfer In

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Transfer In

Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1958-59
July 1958
17
Youth
Aston Villa Youth
Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Career

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Villa Career

Seasons Active | In Fee
Active in League
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
🟩 Won | 🟨 Drew | 🟥 Lost |
Cards 🟨 Booking | 🟥 Sending Off |
Goalkeepers Only 🥅 Goals Conceded | ⛔ Clean Sheets |

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1960 | Youth |
Football League First Division |
🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #479 |

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Played Under

Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1960

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Career Summary

Seasons
Appearances 🕒
Starts 🕒
Substitute 🔁
Unused Sub 🇺
Points per Game (PPG)
2
5
5
0
0
🟩 Won
🟩 Win %
🟨 Drew
🟨 Drawn %
🟥 Lost
🟥 Loss %
Goals ⚽
Assists 🔥
Yellow Cards 🟨
Red Cards 🟥
0
0
0
0
Goal Involvements (GI)
Games per Goal (GPG)
Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
0
0.00
Seasons

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Season by Season Record

Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1959-60
18
D2
3
3
3
0
0
0
0.00
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1960-61
19
D1
2
2
0
0
0
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

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #
Goals Conceded 🥅
Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)
Clean Sheets ⛔
% Clean Sheets ⛔ %
58
11
2.20
1
20%

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
1959-60
18
D2
3
3
1
1
33%
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
1960-61
19
D1
2
8
4
0
0.00%
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
⛔
⛔

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Villa Youth Record

1958-60 Aston Villa Youth

Previous Clubs

St. Ambrose Roman Catholic School
Carpet Traders FC

1958-60 Aston Villa Youth & Reserves
Football League First Division, Second Division

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Debut

Squad From Season
First Squad Match
First Squad Under
1959-60
5 March 1960
Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Promoted to First Team Under
Promoted to First Team Date
Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
March 1960
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Debut Season
Debut Date
Debut Age
Debut Under
1959-60
5 March 1960
19
Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Debut

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

First Goal Date

Game #
Match
Scorer(s)

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Loans Out

None

Final

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Final Appearance

Final Season
Final Game
Final Age
Final Game Under
1960-61
1 October 1960
19
Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Squad To Season
Final Squad
Final Squad Under
1960-61
1 October 1960
Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Transfer Out

Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1960-61
April 1961
20
Free
Stockport County
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

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Subsequent Clubs

1961 Stockport County
Football League Fourth Division
🕒 3 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1961-62 Kidderminster Harriers
Birmingham & District League

1962-63 Wrexham
Football League Third Division
🕒 68 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1963-80 Norwich City
Football League Second Division, First Division
🕒 571 | 571 0 (0) | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1978-79 New England Tea Men, Loan
NASL
🕒 54 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1980 New England Tea Men
NASL
🕒 29 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1981 Tampa Bay Rowdies
NASL
🕒 18 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1981 Retired aged 40

Quotes

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Quotes

Biography

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Biography

Player #479 for Aston Villa, Kevin Damien Keelan, known as Kevin Keelan, played as a goalkeeper for the club.

Kevin played for Villa in 1959-60 and 1960-61 making 5 appearances.

Kevin was born in Calcutta, India, 5,808 miles from Villa Park, on 25 January 1941 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 5 March 1960 aged just 19.

Kevin was the 57th custodian of the Villa goal in League & Cup football.

Villa had signed Kevin from Carpet Traders FC in 1957 and he made three appearances, conceding 3 goals, as Villa took the Second Division Championship and won promotion back to Division One at the first attempt.

The following season, Kevin made 2 appearances in the first division conceding 8 times and played his final game for Villa on Saturday, 1 October 1960 before moving on to Stockport County in April 1961.

As a result Kevin had conceded 11 over his 5 games at a rate of 2.20 goals per game.

Later in his career Kevin went on to become Norwich City’s first team appearance record holder with 673 appearances between 1963 and 1980.

Kevin had played under manager Joe Mercer.

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Appearances

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Appearances

5

Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #2574
🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome Park
GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #2576
🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park
GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 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 Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Game #2577
🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds
GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 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 Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Game #2588
🟥 27 Aug 1960, Villa 3-5 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road
GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Game #2596
🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park
GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Terry Morrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | F Peter McParland | F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

Starts

5

Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #2574
🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome Park
GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 | W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
Game #2576
🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park
GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 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 Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
Game #2577
🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds
GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 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 Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Game #2588
🟥 27 Aug 1960, Villa 3-5 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road
GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
Game #2596
🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park
GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Terry Morrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

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GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

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GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

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GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

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GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

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GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

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GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

🟩 5 Mar 1960, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome Park

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Game #2574

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: J Bellwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liversedge, -1960
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #64 |
Saturday, 5 March 1960

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 14' |

Assist(s) | Pat Saward | 14' |

Teams

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Starting XI

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

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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GK Peter Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mick McNeil | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Derek Stonehouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Yeoman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Bill Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Edwin Holliday | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Ronnie Waldock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Willie Fernie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Derek McLean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Kevin Keelan
⚽ | 14' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Pat Saward
🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 1-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Joe Mercer's Villa win for the first time in three to make it twenty wins, eight draws and five defeats, four away, in thirty three division two games so far this season as their onward progress towards promotion from the second tier continues. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Kevin Keelan made his Villa debut aged 19 after joining from Kidderminster Harriers in 1957.

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

🟩 15 Mar 1960, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park

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Game #2576

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Tom Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, -1960 🆘
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #66 |
Tuesday, 15 March 1960

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Stan Lynn (pen) | 13' | Peter McParland | 46' | Vic Crowe | 66' |

Assist(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 46' | Ron Wylie | 66' |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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 Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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GK Terry Adlington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Roy Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Tony Conwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ray Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Glyn Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RH Albert Mays | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Jack Parry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W David Cargill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Johnny Hannigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ray Swallow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F George Darwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🥅 | 5' Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Ray Swallow
🥅 | 12' Goal, 0-2, (Derby County), George Darwin
⚽ | 13' Goal, 1-2, Stan Lynn, pen
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-2 Derby County
⚽ | 46' Goal, 2-2, Peter McParland, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
⚽ | 66' Goal, 3-2, Vic Crowe, Assist by Ron Wylie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Derby County

On This Day

Joe Mercer's Villa make it three successive wins and extend their unbeaten run to four as they make it twenty one wins, eight draws and five defeats, four away, in thirty four division two games so far this season as their strong progress towards promotion from the second tier continues.

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

🟩 19 Mar 1960, Villa 2-1 Scunthorpe, Old Show Grounds

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Game #2577

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, -1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1959-60 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #67 |
Saturday, 19 March 1960

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 44' | 53' |

Assist(s) | Bobby Thomson | 44' |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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 Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK Ivor Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jack Brownsword | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Heward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Neale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Len Sharpe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis John | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Martin Bakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jack Marriott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Peter Donnelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Barrie Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Harry Middleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

⚽ | 44' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Bobby Thomson
🕒 | HT Scunthorpe United 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 53' Goal, 2-0, Gerry Hitchens
🥅 | 73' Goal, 1-2, (Scunthorpe United), Jack Marriott
🕒 | FT Scunthorpe United 1-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

Joe Mercer's Villa make it four successive wins and extend their unbeaten run to five as they make it twenty two wins, eight draws and five defeats, four away, in thirty five division two games so far this season as their excellent progress towards promotion from the second tier continues.

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

🟥 27 Aug 1960, Villa 3-5 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

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Game #2588

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: H Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, -1960
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 3-5
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #78 |
Saturday, 27 August 1960

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 60' | Gerry Hitchens | 66' | 79' |

Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 66' |

Teams

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Starting XI

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

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK Tony Waiters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Barrie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy Gratrix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jimmy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leslie Lea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Stanley Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Kaye | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Dave Durie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ray Charnley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Jackie Mudie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🥅 | 3' Goal, 0-1, (Blackpool), Arthur Kaye
🥅 | 13' Goal, 0-2, (Blackpool), Jackie Mudie
🥅 | 25' Goal, 0-3, (Blackpool), Ray Charnley
🥅 | 35' Goal, 0-4, (Blackpool), Dave Durie
🕒 | HT Blackpool 4-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 60' Goal, 1-4, Peter McParland
🥅 | 63' Goal, 1-5, (Blackpool), Ray Charnley
⚽ | 66' Goal, 2-5, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Peter McParland
⚽ | 79' Goal, 3-5, Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | FT Blackpool 5-3 Aston Villa

On This Day

Joe Mercer's Villa concede five for the second successive League game and life back in the top flight looks significantly more challenging than it had after the opening day win over Chelsea. Villa had now conceded twelve goals in three games but had managed to score eight over the same period suggesting goals for were not going to be the problem. As a result of the defeat by the seaside Joe Mercer makes it fourteen losses in thirty one top flight matches as Villa boss and makes it a win and two defeats in three division one games so far this season.

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #479 |

🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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Game #2596

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Harry New | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth, 1960-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #86 |
Saturday, 1 October 1960

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 53' |

Assist(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 53' |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Morrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

GK Gordon Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Tony Knapp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank McLintock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Richie Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Appleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Howard Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gordon Wills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ken Leek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Jimmy Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Albert Cheesebrough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🥅 | 4' Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Jimmy Walsh
🥅 | 14' Goal, 0-2, (Leicester City), Jimmy Walsh
🥅 | 44' Goal, 0-3, (Leicester City), Gordon Wills
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-3 Leicester City
⚽ | 53' Goal, 1-3, Peter McParland, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Leicester City

On This Day

Joe Mercer's Villa lose their 100% home win record as they are defeated at Villa Park for the first time in six. As a result, Villa make it five wins, all at home, a draw and five defeats, four away, in eleven games following their return to the top flight. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Kevin Keelan made his final appearance for Villa aged 19 before moving on to Stockport County in April 1961. Keelan played for Villa in 1959-60 and 1960-61 making five appearances.
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