Game #2615
Saturday, 31 December 1960
Attendance: 30,037
Drew
Division One
6th (-)
Blackpool
WDLLD
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-2
Blackpool
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Gerry Hitchens, without a goal in five had now scored successive braces to make it twenty four in thirty games as the new year beckoned with Villa in the ascendancy, Saturday, 31 December 1960.
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa end 1960 with just three defeats in their last sixteen make it thirteen wins, ten at home, three draws and nine defeats, seven away, in twenty five games following their return to the top flight. Villa's return to division one had been an unqualified success so far as a small squad had dealt admirably with a fixture pile up to record some impressive League results and to progress in the inaugural League Cup ahead of their first FA Cup fixtures of the season.
Aston Villa
Blackpool
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #105 |
Saturday, 31 December 1960
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 2-2 |
Last 5 Games | WDLLD |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Blackpool
TEAM NEWS
Bobby Thomson and Jimmy MacEwan replace Harry Burrows and Jimmy Adam.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.64 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 31.80 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 19.11 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer
MANAGER
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 Gerry Hitchens |
F Ron Wylie |
F Bobby Thomson |
Blackpool
Waiters, Kelly, Gratrix, Garrett, Armfield, Salt, Parry (g) (g), Matthews, Durie, Charnley, Mudie. Manager: Ron Suart.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
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PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES