Game #2600
Aston Villa
7-1-6, 15 PTS
Saturday, 22 October 1960
Won
9th (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 46,306
Birmingham City
Villa Park
5-2-7, 12 PTS
Villa rip neighbours Birmingham to shreds as Alan O'Neill scores with his first touch in a Villa shirt, score six, have two hairline offside decisions rule out a pair of good goals and see opposition 'keeper Schofield make saves into the double figures. It's no exagerration to say this game could have eclipsed Villa's 11-1 victory over Charlton a year previously.
Aston Villa
6-2
Birmingham City
Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 1' | Ron Wylie | 31' |
KEY MAN
Gerry Hitchens, scored his twelfth in fifteen as Villa make it seven wins from eight at home by thrashing neighbours Birmingham, Saturday, 22 October 1960.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 22 October 1960
🟢 | 1' Debut, Alan O'Neill
⚽ | 1' Goal, 1-0, Alan O'Neill, Assist by Peter McParland (25 seconds)
⚽ | 31' Goal, 2-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Ron Wylie
💥 | 34' Missed penalty, (Birmingham City), Gordon Astall
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Birmingham City
⚽ | 49' Goal, 3-0, Peter McParland
🥅 | 66' Goal, 3-1, (Birmingham City), Mike Hellawell
⚽ | 67' Goal, 4-1, Alan O'Neill
⚽ | 84' Goal, 5-1, Gerry Hitchens
🥅 | 86' Goal, 5-2, (Birmingham City), Bobby Thomson o.g.
⚽ | 87' Goal, 6-2, Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-2 Birmingham City
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa bounce back from defeat at Highbury to record their seventh win in eight at Villa Park as they hammer neighbours Birmingham. As a result, Villa make it seven wins, all at home, a draw and six defeats, five away, in fourteen games following their return to the top flight.
Meanwhile, forward Alan O’Neill made a goalscoring debut Villa aged 22 after moving from Sunderland earlier this month.
Leaving the scene however was midfielder Pat Saward who made his final appearance for Villa aged 32 before moving on to Huddersfield Town in March 1961.
Saward played for Villa between 1955-56 and 1960-61 making 170 appearances and scoring twice, winning the 1956-57 FA Cup.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #90 |
Saturday, 22 October 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Seddon | 🏴 | Formby, -1966
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 90 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 16 🟥 27 | 1.74
Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ken Seddon | 🏴 | Formby, -1966
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Ken Seddon
CARDS
Villa
None
Birmingham City
None
TEAM NEWS
Jimmy Dugdale and Alan O’Neill (debut) replace Terry Morrall and Vic Crowe.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.98 |
Oldest Player |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | 32.20 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan O'Neill | 🏴 | 22.96 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Gil Merrick | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | 🔴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Birmingham City
GK Johnny Schofield | 🏴 |
LB George Allen | 🏴 |
LB Graham Sissons | 🏴 |
RB Brian Farmer | 🏴 |
M Billy Rudd | 🏴 |
M Dick Neal Jr | 🏴 |
M Johnny Watts | 🏴 |
W Mike Hellawell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Gordon Astall | 🏴 |
F Johnny Gordon | 🏴 |
F Jimmy Singer | 🏴 |
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
Birmingham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
International Duty | 1 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
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
🟢 F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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