Game #2608
Aston Villa
12-2-6, 26 PTS
Saturday, 3 December 1960
Won
5th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Manchester City
7-4-7, 18 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 25,093
🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
Aston Villa
5-1
Manchester City
Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 20' | Vic Crowe | 34' | Jimmy MacEwan | 57' |
🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 3 December 1960
🥅 | 5' Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Denis Law
⚽ | 20' Goal, 1-1, Alan O'Neill, Assist by Peter McParland
⚽ | 34' Goal, 2-1, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Vic Crowe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester City
⚽ | 55' Goal, 3-1, Gerry Hitchens, pen
⚽ | 67' Goal, 4-1, Peter McParland, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🟨 | Booking, Vic Crowe for retaliation after a clear obstruction, referee Reid took no action against the original incident
⚽ | 74' Goal, 5-1, Ron Wylie, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Manchester City
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 3 December 1960
A terrible refereeing performance cannot stop Villa as they trounce an opportunistic Manchester City side who without the official's help would never even have been in the game.
Joe Mercer's Villa extend their unbeaten run to nine games with seven wins as they hammer Manchester minnows City to make it twelve wins, ten at home, two draws, both away and six defeats, five away, in twenty games following their return to the top flight.
🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Manchester City
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1955-56
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨
Total 🕒 87 | 🟩 36 | 🟨 20 | 🟥 31 | ⚽ 153 | 🥅 140 |
League 🕒 81 | 🟩 34 | 🟨 19 | 🟥 28 | ⚽ 144 | 🥅 127 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 12 |
Home 🕒 45 | 🟩 28 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 7 | ⚽ 97 | 🥅 48 |
Away 🕒 41 | 🟩 8 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 23 | ⚽ 55 | 🥅 70 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 6 |
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #98 |
Saturday, 3 December 1960
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🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Fred Reid | 🏴 | Letchworth, 1960
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 95 | 🟩 | 52 🟨 17 🟥 26 | 1.82
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Fred Reid | 🏴 | Letchworth, 1960
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨 Vic Crowe
CARDS
None
🆘 Within 5 minutes of play starting Referee Reid had made two huge errors, incorrectly disallowing a Ron Wylie goal before ignoring the linesman's flag and awarding a wildly offside Denis Law strike. Minutes later Reid failed to award another offside against the opposition but 'keeper Sims saved. It's too much for one fan who invades the pitch to protest alongside the Villa players. Come the second half Reid blots his copybook further by booking Vic Crowe for reacting to a foul without taking any action over the initial incident.
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
John Neal replaces Stan Lynn.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.78 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 31.72 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan O'Neill | 🏴 | 23.07 |
🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
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
Les McDowall | 🏴 |
Manchester City
GK Bert Trautmann | 🇩🇪 |
CB Barrie Betts | 🏴 |
CB Jackie Plenderleith | 🏴 |
LB Cliff Sear | 🏴 |
M Kenneth Barnes | 🏴 |
M David Shawcross | 🏴 |
W Clive Colbridge | 🏴 |
F George Hannah | 🏴 |
F Joe Hayes | 🏴 |
CF Gerry Baker | 🇺🇸 |
CF Denis Law | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
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
🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
Manchester City XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 3 Dec 1960, Villa 5-1 Manchester City, Villa Park