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Game #2612

Aston Villa

Monday, 19 December 1960

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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

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

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

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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

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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

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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

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Plymouth Argyle
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Previous 5 vs. Plymouth: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

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

FIXTURE DETAILS
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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
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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: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 99 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 19 🟥 27 | 1.8

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: S. Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1960-1961

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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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

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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 |

Referee

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

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

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

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

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

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

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

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Injury | 2 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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