Game #2602
Aston Villa
9-1-6, 19 PTS

Saturday, 5 November 1960
6th (+3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 | 🔥 |
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:
None
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.71 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 31.65 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan O'Neill | 🏴 | 22.99 |
Villa beat reigning champions Burnley as their current excellent form raises them to 6th in the table in no small part due to Gerry Hitchens' 15 goals in 16 league games so far this season.
Joe Mercer's Villa make it three successive wins for the first time this season and the first time in the top flight since April 1956. As a result, Villa make it nine wins, eight at home, a draw and six defeats, five away, in sixteen games following their return to the top flight.
Scorer(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 35' | 46' |
Assist(s) | Alan O'Neill | 35' | Peter McParland | 46' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 35' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Alan O'Neill
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley
⚽ | 46' Goal, 2-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Burnley
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #92 |
Saturday, 5 November 1960

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Kevin Howley | 🏴 | Billingham, 1956-1971
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Referee: Kevin Howley | 🏴 | Billingham, 1956-1971
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 89 | 🟩 | 48 🟨 15 🟥 26 | 1.79
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Burnley
10-0-6, 20 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 35,772
GK Adam Blacklaw | 🏴 |
RB John Angus | 🏴 |
LB Alex Elder | 🇬🇧 |
M Walter Joyce | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Adamson | 🏴 |
M Brian Miller | 🏴 |
M Brian Pilkington | 🏴 |
M Jimmy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 |
W John Connelly | 🏴 |
F Jimmy Robson | 🏴 |
CF Ray Pointer | 🏴 |
Harry Potts | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1959-60
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded


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