Game #2594
Aston Villa
5-1-3, 11 PTS
Saturday, 17 September 1960
8th (-2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
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 | 🏴 |
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 2 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴 |
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.95 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 31.51 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 18.82 |
Villa make it back to back wins as they beat 18th placed Manchester United with little difficulty.
Joe Mercer's Villa continue their 100% home win record to make it five wins, all at home, a draw and three defeats, all away, in nine games following their return to the top flight. As a result, Mercer has now won fifteen of the thirty seven games he has led Villa in division one, losing fifteen.
Won
3-1
🟩 17 Sep 1960, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Harry Burrows | 33' | Bobby Thomson | 52' | Jimmy MacEwan | 64' |
Assist(s) | Bobby Thomson | 33' | Gerry Hitchens | 52' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 33' Goal, 1-0, Harry Burrows, Assist by Bobby Thomson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester United
⚽ | 52' Goal, 2-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
🥅 | 56' Goal, 2-1, (Manchester United), Dennis Viollet
⚽ | 64' Goal, 3-1, Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Manchester United
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #84 |
Saturday, 17 September 1960
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Robert Smith | 🏴 | Newport, 1955-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Referee: Robert Smith | 🏴 | Newport, 1955-1963
Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Total 🕒 78 | 🟩 31 | 🟨 12 | 🟥 35 | ⚽ 139 | 🥅 146 |
League 🕒 71 | 🟩 29 | 🟨 12 | 🟥 30 | ⚽ 129 | 🥅 125 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 10 | 🥅 17 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 4 |
Home 🕒 38 | 🟩 20 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 11 | ⚽ 93 | 🥅 65 |
Away 🕒 39 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 24 | ⚽ 44 | 🥅 80 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 1 |
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 81 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 15 🟥 23 | 1.78
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Manchester United
2-1-5, 5 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 43,593
GK Harry Gregg | 🇬🇧 |
LB Shay Brennan | 🇮🇪 |
CB Bill Foulkes | 🏴 |
CB Ron Cope | 🏴 |
M Johnny Giles | 🇮🇪 |
M Jimmy Nicholson | 🇬🇧 |
M Maurice Setters | 🏴 |
M Bobby Charlton | 🏴 |
W Albert Scanlon | 🏴 | 🟨 |
F Albert Quixall | 🏴 |
CF Dennis Viollet | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Matt Busby | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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