Game #2606
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 23 November 1960
Won
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
League Cup
Attendance: 15,000
Preston North End
Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-1
Preston North End
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa finally beat Preston having played them three times in the last four games. Villa progress to the Last 16 of the inaugural League Cup as a result.
KEY MAN
Gerry Hitchens, scored his seventeenth in twenty one as Villa extend their unbeaten run to seven and progress to the fourth round of the League Cup, Wednesday, 23 November 1960.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 23 November 1960
⚽ | 30' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens
🥅 | 45' Goal, 1-1, (Preston North End), Peter Thompson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Preston North End
⚽ | 58' Goal, 2-1, Ron Wylie
⚽ | 82' Goal, 3-1, Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Preston North End
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa extend their unbeaten run to seven games as they beat first division rivals Preston in the third round replay of the League Cup.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Preston North End
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1937–38
FIXTURE HISTORY
Preston North End
Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #21 |
Manager Game | #96 |
Wednesday, 23 November 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: J. G. Williams | 🏴 | Nottingham, -1961
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 93 | 🟩 | 50 🟨 17 🟥 26 | 1.8
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: J. G. Williams | 🏴 | Nottingham, -1961
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
J. G. Williams
CARDS
Villa
None
Preston North End
None
TEAM NEWS
Alan Deakin replaces Vic Crowe.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.86 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 31.70 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.00 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Cliff Britton | 🏴 |
Preston North End
GK Fred Else | 🏴 |
RB Bob Wilson | 🏴 |
CB Tony Singleton | 🏴 |
M John O’Neill | 🇮🇪 |
M John Wylie | 🏴 |
M Johnny Fullam | 🇮🇪 |
W Derek Mayers | 🏴 |
W Peter Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Tommy Thompson (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Davie Sneddon | 🏴 |
CF Alec Alston | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Preston XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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