Game #2609
Aston Villa
12-2-7, 26 PTS
Saturday, 10 December 1960
6th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 |
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Forwards
CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 |
Unavailable
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 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🕒 | 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
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #99 |
Saturday, 10 December 1960
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jim Cattlin | 🏴 | Rochdale, 1960-1966
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Officials
Referee: Jim Cattlin | 🏴 | Rochdale, 1960-1966
Linesmen: R. A. Bedford; H. W. Ellis
Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 59 | 🟩 W31 (53% ) | 🟨 D12 | 🇺(73% ) | 🟥 L16 (27% ) | ⚽ 118 | 🥅 76 | GD 42
Match Stats
Not recorded
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 96 | 🟩 | 52 🟨 17 🟥 27 | 1.8
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Division One
Nottingham Forest
5-4-12, 14 PTS
City Ground
Attendance: 23,178
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 (ft) | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Andy Beattie | 🏴 |
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1958-59
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Peter Grummitt | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Bob McKinlay | 🏴 |
Full Backs
LB Joe McDonald | 🏴 |
RB Roy Patrick | 🏴 |
Midfiedlers
M Jack Burkitt | 🏴 |
M John Quigley | 🏴 |
M Calvin Palmer | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Dick Le Flem | 🏴 |
W Billy Gray | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Colin Booth | 🏴 |
F Geoff Vowden (ft) | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa suffer a shock defeat - their first in ten - as lowly Forest take both points from the City Ground.
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.
What they Said
