Game #2597
Aston Villa
6-1-5, 13 PTS
Saturday, 8 October 1960
Won
9th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 25,336
Newcastle United
Villa Park
5-0-7, 10 PTS
Aston Villa
2-0
Newcastle United
Assist(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 19' | Ron Wylie | 52' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa bounce back from their disappointing home defeat to Leicester to easily take the points off Newcastle at Villa Park and climb back to 9th place as a result.
KEY MAN
Vic Crowe, scored to help Villa to a sixth win in seven at Villa Park so far this season, Saturday, 8 October 1960.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 8 October 1960
⚽ | 19' Goal, 1-0, Ron Wylie, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle United
⚽ | 52' Goal, 2-0, Vic Crowe, Assist by Ron Wylie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa bounce back from successive defeats to record their sixth win in seven at Villa Park. As a result, Villa make it six wins, all at home, a draw and five defeats, four away, in twelve games following their return to the top flight.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Newcastle United
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1954-55
FIXTURE HISTORY
Newcastle United
Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #87 |
Saturday, 8 October 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: A. J. Sturgeon | 🏴 | Putney, -1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 84 | 🟩 | 44 🟨 15 🟥 25 | 1.75
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: A. J. Sturgeon | 🏴 | Putney, -1963
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
A. J. Sturgeon
CARDS
Villa
None
Newcastle United
None
TEAM NEWS
Nigel Sims, Jimmy Dugdale and Harry Burrows replace Kevin Keelan, Terry Morrall and Peter McParland.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.84 |
Oldest Player |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | 32.16 |
Youngest Player |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | 19.58 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Charlie Mitten | 🏴 |
Newcastle United
GK Bryan Harvey | 🏴 |
CB Bill McKinney | 🏴 |
CB George Heslop | 🏴 |
LB Alf McMichael | 🇬🇧 |
M Duncan Neale | 🏴 |
W George Luke | 🏴 |
W Bobby Mitchell | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Wilson | 🏴 |
W John Mitten | 🏴 |
F Ivor Allchurch | 🏴 |
CF Len White | 🏴 |
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Newcastle XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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