Game #2613
Aston Villa
13-2-8, 28 PTS
Saturday, 24 December 1960
6th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Forwards
CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 |
Team News
Nigel Sims replaces Fred Potter.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.47 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 31.78 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.09 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Lost
0-2
🟥 24 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Wolves, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🥅 | 18' Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Ted Farmer
🥅 | 21' Goal, 0-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Cliff Durandt
🚑 | 32' Player retires from field of play with injury, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Ron Flowers
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
🚑 | 46' Player returns to field of play, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Ron Flowers
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #103 |
Saturday, 24 December 1960
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Dagnall | 🏴 | Bolton, 1957-1968
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥
Officials
Referee: Ken Dagnall | 🏴 | Bolton, 1957-1968
Linesmen: R. D. Hastie; J. C. Jays
Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 81 | 🟩 W33 (41% ) | 🟨 D18 | 🇺(63% ) | 🟥 L30 (37% ) | ⚽ 153 | 🥅 135 | GD 18
Match Stats
Not recorded
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 100 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 19 🟥 28 | 1.78
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Division One
Wolverhampton Wanderers
14-4-5, 32 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 48,795
GK Malcolm Finlayson | 🏴 |
LB Gerry Harris | 🏴 |
D Bill Slater | 🏴 |
RB Eddie Stuart | 🇿🇦 |
M Ron Flowers | 🏴 | 🚑 |
M Eddie Clamp | 🏴 |
M Peter Broadbent | 🏴 |
W Cliff Durandt | 🇿🇦 | ⚽ |
W Norman Deeley | 🏴 |
CF Jimmy Murray | 🏴 |
CF Ted Farmer | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Stan Cullis | 🏴 |
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: 1959-60
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Malcolm Finlayson | 🏴 |
Defenders
D Bill Slater | 🏴 |
Full Backs
LB Gerry Harris | 🏴 |
RB Eddie Stuart | 🇿🇦 |
Midfielders
M Ron Flowers | 🏴 |
M Eddie Clamp | 🏴 |
M Peter Broadbent (ft) | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Cliff Durandt | 🇿🇦 |
W Norman Deeley | 🏴 |
Forwards
CF Jimmy Murray | 🏴 |
CF Ted Farmer | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
Villa suffer defeat at the hands of Wolves but remain sixth ahead of the return fixture at Molineux on Boxing Day.
Joe Mercer's Villa make it two defeats in their last fourteen matches as their fixture congestion begins to bite.
Villa had now played four times in the last eleven days and lose at home for only the second time this season to make it thirteen wins, ten at home, two draws, both away and eight defeats, six away, in twenty three games following their return to the top flight.
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Match Media
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