Game #2612
Aston Villa
Monday, 19 December 1960


Drew
4th Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨
League Cup
Plymouth Argyle
Home Park
Attendance: 11,906
🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park
Plymouth Argyle
0-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 19 December 1960
🟢 | 1' Debut, Fred Potter
🕒 | HT Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park

ON THIS DAY
Monday, 19 December 1960
If the first game was defined by fog then the replay was all about mud. So much mud that with the full time score at 0-0 the referee declined to play the additional 30 minutes extra time as the surface was simply unplayable. Another replay beckoned to earn a place in the League Cup Quarter Finals.
Joe Mercer's Villa have to settle for a goal-less draw in the League Cup fourth round replay at Home Park ahead of a second replay - once again at second division Plymouth.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Fred Potter made his Villa debut aged 20 after joining from Cradley Heath Juniors in June 1956.
🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 GK Fred Potter | 🏴 | #481 | Youth team promotion
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Plymouth Argyle


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #27 |
Manager Game | #102 |
Monday, 19 December 1960
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🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: S. Yates | 🏴 | Bristol, 1960-1961
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 99 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 19 🟥 27 | 1.8
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: S. Yates | 🏴 | Bristol, 1960-1961
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Joe Mercer hands Fred Potter his debut in place of Nigel Sims.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.61 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 31.77 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.07 |
🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964

Aston Villa
GK Fred Potter | 🏴 | 🟢 |
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
Neil Dougall | 🏴 |

Plymouth Argyle
GK Geoff Barnsley | 🏴 |
CB Gordon Fincham | 🏴 |
LB Bryce Fulton | 🏴 |
WH John Williams | 🏴 |
WH Johnny Williams | 🏴 |
CH John Newman | 🏴 |
CH Reg Wyatt | 🏴 |
W Peter Anderson | 🏴 |
W Ken Maloy | 🏴 |
IF Wilf Carter | 🏴 |
CF Alex Jackson | 🏴 |
🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period

🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
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

🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park
SQUAD STATS

Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS

Plymouth XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park


MATCH REPORTS
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🟨 19 Dec 1960, Villa 0-0 Plymouth, Home Park

