Game #2614
Aston Villa
13-2-9, 28 PTS
Monday, 26 December 1960
Wolves
3-2
Aston Villa
Division One
Wolverhampton Wanderers
15-4-5, 34 PTS
Molineux
Attendance: 43,161
Lost
6th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 85' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Gerry Hitchens, without a goal in five after scoring twenty in his previous twenty three, scores a brace at Molineux but an overworked Villa lose again, Monday, 26 December 1960.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 26 December 1960
🥅 | 4' Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Ted Farmer
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 66' Goal, 0-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Ted Farmer
🥅 | 78' Goal, 0-3, (Wolverhampton Wanderers, pen), Jimmy Murray
⚽ | 80' Goal, 1-3, Gerry Hitchens
⚽ | 85' Goal, 2-3, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa make it successive defeats as their fixture congestion begins to bite. Villa had now played five times in the last thirteen days including twice in the last three to make it thirteen wins, ten at home, two draws, both away and nine defeats, seven away, in twenty four games following their return to the top flight.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Wolverhampton Wanderers
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1959-60
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #104 |
Monday, 26 December 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jim Finney | 🏴 | Hereford, 1959-1972
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 101 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 19 🟥 29 | 1.76
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jim Finney | 🏴 | Hereford, 1959-1972
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian Park
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Fred Potter, Harry Burrows and Jimmy Adam replace Nigel Sims, Bobby Thomson and Jimmy MacEwan.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.07 |
Oldest Player |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 | 31.24 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.09 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Fred Potter | 🏴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Stan Cullis | 🏴 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers
GK Malcolm Finlayson | 🏴 |
LB Gerry Harris | 🏴 |
D George Showell | 🏴 |
D Bill Slater | 🏴 |
M John Kirkham | 🏴 |
M Eddie Clamp | 🏴 |
M Peter Broadbent | 🏴 |
W Cliff Durandt | 🇿🇦 |
W Norman Deeley | 🏴 |
CF Jimmy Murray | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Ted Farmer | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
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
Wolves XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 4 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
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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