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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

Fulham turn the tables on Villa and score early but Joe Mercer's men are made of sterner stuff and eventually record a comfortable win to consolidate 6th place in the table.

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.

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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 HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Fulham

Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS

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Fulham XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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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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