Game #2608
Aston Villa
12-2-6, 26 PTS
Saturday, 3 December 1960
Won
5th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Manchester City
Attendance: 25,093
Villa Park
7-4-7, 18 PTS
Aston Villa
5-1
Manchester City
Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 20' | Vic Crowe | 34' | Jimmy MacEwan | 57' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Gerry Hitchens, scored his twentieth in twenty three as Villa extend their unbeaten run to nine and hammer Manchester minnows City, Saturday, 3 December 1960.
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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
ON THIS DAY
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.
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: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #98 |
Saturday, 3 December 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: F Reid | 🏴 | Letchworth, -1960 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 95 | 🟩 | 52 🟨 17 🟥 26 | 1.82
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: F Reid | 🏴 | Letchworth, -1960 🆘
🆘 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.
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TEAM NEWS
John Neal replaces Stan Lynn.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.78 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 31.72 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan O'Neill | 🏴 | 23.07 |
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
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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
Manchester City XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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