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Game #2611

Aston Villa

13-2-7, 28 PTS

Saturday, 17 December 1960

Chelsea

2-4

Aston Villa

Division One

Chelsea

9-2-10, 20 PTS

Stamford Bridge

Attendance: 23,805

Won

6th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Assist(s) | Bobby Thomson | 9' | 19' | Alan Deakin | 57' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Sublime Villa sweep aside Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and now sit just one point off second place in the table at the half way point of the season.

KEY MAN

Bobby Thomson, scored a brace, made a brace, to help Villa do the double over Chelsea and make it thirteen wins in twenty two division one games this season, Saturday, 17 December 1960.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 17 December 1960

⚽ | 9' Goal, 1-0, Jimmy MacEwan, Assist by Bobby Thomson
🥅 | 10' Goal, 1-1, (Chelsea), Jimmy Greaves
⚽ | 19' Goal, 2-1, Ron Wylie, Assist by Bobby Thomson
💥 | 44' Missed Penalty, (Chelsea), Peter Sillett
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 57' Goal, 3-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Alan Deakin
⚽ | 58' Goal, 4-1, Bobby Thomson
🥅 | 76' Goal, 4-2, (Chelsea), Jimmy Greaves
🕒 | FT Chelsea 2-4 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa now have just a single defeat in their last twelve matches as they win away for the third time this season to make it thirteen wins, ten at home, two draws, both away and seven defeats, six away, in twenty two games following their return to the top flight.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57

Chelsea

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #101 |
Saturday, 17 December 1960

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 98 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 18 🟥 27 | 1.81

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Sparling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby, 1957-1966
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Alan Deakin replaces Alan O’Neill.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.45 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.76 |

Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.07 |

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Ted Drake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Chelsea

GK Peter Bonetti | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Sillett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ron Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Allan Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Mortimore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Terry Venables | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Brabrook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Tambling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Brooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jimmy Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS

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Chelsea XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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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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