Game #2593
Aston Villa
4-1-3, 9 PTS
Monday, 12 September 1960
Aston Villa
2-1
Cardiff City
Division One
Cardiff City
2-2-4, 6 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 32,958
Won
6th (+5)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Assist(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 33' | Bobby Thomson | 36' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Harry Burrows, scored his first of the season as Villa make it four wins from four at home so far this season, Monday, 12 September 1960.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 12 September 1960
🥅 | 11' Goal, 0-1, (Cardiff City), Derek Tapscott
⚽ | 33' Goal, 1-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
⚽ | 36' Goal, 2-1, Harry Burrows, Assist by Bobby Thomson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Cardiff City
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Cardiff City
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa return to Villa Park to face fellow promoted side Cardiff and continue their 100% home win record to make it four wins, all at home, a draw and three defeats, all away, in eight games following their return to the top flight.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Cardiff City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1926-27
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #83 |
Monday, 12 September 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: John Bullough | 🏴 | Bolton, -1961
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 80 | 🟩 | 42 🟨 15 🟥 23 | 1.76
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Bullough | 🏴 | Bolton, -1961
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Doug Winton, Terry Morrall and Alan Deakin replace Stan Lynn, Pat Saward and Jimmy Dugdale.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.94 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 31.50 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 18.81 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
CB Terry Morrall | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Bill Jones | 🏴 |
Cardiff City
GK Graham Vearncombe | 🏴 |
LB Alec Milne | 🏴 |
D Danny Malloy | 🏴 |
D Alan Harrington | 🏴 |
M Colin Baker | 🏴 |
M Graham Moore | 🏴 |
M Steve Gammon | 🏴 |
W Johnny Watkins | 🏴 |
W Brian Walsh | 🏴 |
F Peter Donnelly | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Derek Tapscott | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
Cardiff XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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