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Aston Villa played the 1959–60 English football season in the Football League Second Division.Aston Villa earned an immediate return to the First Division as Second Division champions, and were joined in promotion by runners-up Cardiff City.
1959–60: Champions: Burnley 2nd English title: Relegated: Leeds United Luton Town: European Cup: Burnley: Cup Winners' Cup: Wolverhampton Wanderers: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: Birmingham City: Matches played: 462: Goals scored: 1,618 (3.5 per match) Top goalscorer: Dennis Viollet (32 goals) [2] Biggest home win: Wolverhampton Wanderers 9–0 ...
The 1959–60 season was the 80th season of competitive football in England. ... Aston Villa earned an immediate return to the First Division as Second Division ...
14 February 1959: 55300 Round 5 1st Replay: Nottingham Forest: 1–1: Birmingham City: 18 February 1959: 39431 Round 5 2nd Replay: Birmingham City: 0-5: Nottingham Forest: 23 February 1959: 34458 Round 6: Nottingham Forest: 2–1: Bolton Wanderers: 28 February 1959: 44414 Semi Final: Nottingham Forest: 1-0: Aston Villa: 14 March 1959: 65707 (at ...
The Aston Villa team of 1897 that won The Double. This is a list of seasons played by Aston Villa Football Club in English and European football, from 1879 (the year of the club's first FA Cup entry) to the most recent completed season. Aston Villa football club was founded in March, 1874, by members of the Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel in Aston. Throughout the 1870s, Aston Villa played a small ...
The 1959–60 FA Cup was the 79th staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Wolverhampton Wanderers won the competition for the fourth time, beating Blackburn Rovers 3–0 in the final at Wembley .
Given his chance, McEwan was an important player in attack at Villa teaming up well with Vic Crowe and Bobby Thomson. In one game Villa beat Charlton Athletic 11–1 at Villa Park in November 1959 with all five Villa forwards scoring including five by Gerry Hitchens. That same season Villa reached the 1959–60 FA Cup semi-final.
The Aston Villa team of the late 19th century Aston Villa Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and were founding members of the Football League in 1888, as well as the Premier League in 1992. They are one of the oldest football clubs in England, having won the First ...