Game #2605
Aston Villa
10-2-6, 22 PTS
Saturday, 19 November 1960
Aston Villa
2-1
Fulham
Division One
Fulham
9-2-7, 20 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 32,140
Won
6th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 57' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Jimmy MacEwan, scored to extend Villa's unbeaten run to six and record a tenth win in eighteen League games, Saturday, 19 November 1960.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 November 1960
🥅 | 1' Goal, 0-1, (Fulham), Graham Leggatt (50 seconds)
⚽ | 42' Goal, 1-1, Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Fulham
⚽ | 57' Goal, 2-1, Ron Wylie, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Fulham
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa return to League action and extend their unbeaten run to six games as they beat Fulham at Villa Park. As a result, Villa make it ten wins, nine at home, two draws, both away and six defeats, five away, in eighteen games following their return to the top flight.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Fulham
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #95 |
Saturday, 19 November 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Arthur Jobling | 🏴 | Morecambe, 1958-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 92 | 🟩 | 49 🟨 17 🟥 26 | 1.78
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Arthur Jobling | 🏴 | Morecambe, 1958-1963
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 26 Mar 1960, Villa 0-1 Wolves, The Hawthorns
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Joe Mercer names the same line up for the fifth successive game.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.74 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 31.68 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan O'Neill | 🏴 | 23.03 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Bedford Jezzard | 🏴 |
Fulham
GK Tony Macedo | 🏴 |
LB Jim Langley | 🏴 |
RB George Cohen | 🏴 |
M Eddie Lowe (ex) | 🏴 |
M Johnny Key | 🏴 |
W Pat O’Connell | 🏴 |
W Tosh Chamberlain | 🏴 |
W Graham Leggat | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IF Johnny Haynes | 🏴 |
CF Roy Bentley | 🏴 |
CF Maurice Cook | 🏴 |
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
Fulham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
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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