Game #2609
Aston Villa
12-2-7, 26 PTS
Saturday, 10 December 1960
Lost
6th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 23,178
Nottingham Forest
City Ground
5-4-12, 14 PTS
Villa suffer a shock defeat - their first in ten - as lowly Forest take both points from the City Ground.
Nottingham Forest
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 10 December 1960
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47' Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Quigley
🥅 | 53' Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest), Geoff Vowden
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 2-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa lose for the first time in ten and fail to score for the first time in twenty four games this season to make it twelve wins, ten at home, two draws, both away and seven defeats, six away, in twenty one games following their return to the top flight.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Nottingham Forest
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1958-59
FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #99 |
Saturday, 10 December 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jim Cattlin | 🏴 | Rochdale, 1960-1967
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 99 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 18 🟥 28 | 1.79
Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jim Cattlin | 🏴 | Rochdale, 1960-1967
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Jim Cattlin
CARDS
Villa
None
Nottingham Forest
None
TEAM NEWS
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.80 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 31.74 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan O'Neill | 🏴 | 23.09 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Andy Beattie | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
Nottingham Forest
GK Peter Grummitt | 🏴 |
LB Joe McDonald | 🏴 |
CB Bob McKinlay | 🏴 |
RB Roy Patrick | 🏴 |
M Jack Burkitt | 🏴 |
M John Quigley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Calvin Palmer | 🏴 |
W Dick Le Flem | 🏴 |
W Billy Gray | 🏴 |
F Colin Booth | 🏴 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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
Forest XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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