Game #2609
Aston Villa
12-2-7, 26 PTS
Saturday, 10 December 1960
Nottingham Forest
2-0
Aston Villa
Division One
Nottingham Forest
5-4-12, 14 PTS
City Ground
Attendance: 23,178
Lost
6th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
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 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
🕒 96 | 🟩 | 52 🟨 17 🟥 27 | 1.8
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jim Cattlin | 🏴 | Rochdale, 1960-1967
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 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
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
Andy Beattie | 🏴 |
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
SQUAD STATS
Forest XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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