Game #2616
Aston Villa
Saturday, 7 January 1961
Bristol Rovers
1-1
Aston Villa
FA Cup
Bristol Rovers
Eastville Stadium
Attendance: 34,061
Drew
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Assist(s) | Ron Wylie | 48' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Bobby Thomson, scored to earn Villa a draw and third round replay with Rovers, Saturday, 7 January 1961.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 January 1961
🥅 | 40' Goal, 0-1, (Bristol Rovers), Alfie Biggs
🕒 | HT Bristol Rovers 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 48' Goal, 1-1, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Ron Wylie
🕒 | FT Bristol Rovers 1-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa open 1961 with a draw against second division Bristol Rovers at the Eastville Stadium in the third round of the FA Cup ahead of a replay at Villa Park as the fixtures continued to build.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Bristol Rovers
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #106 |
Saturday, 7 January 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Roger Woan | 🏴 | London, 1957-1964
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 103 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 21 🟥 29 | 1.75
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Roger Woan | 🏴 | London, 1957-1964
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 2 Jan 1960, Villa 3-1 Swansea, Vetch Field
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Nigel Sims replaces Fred Potter.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.51 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 31.82 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.13 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Bert Tann | 🏴 |
Bristol Rovers
GK Howard Radford | 🏴 |
RB Doug Hillard | 🏴 |
CB David Pyle | 🏴 |
D John Frowen | 🏴 |
WH Norman Sykes | 🏴 |
M Peter Hooper | 🇰🇪 |
M Ray Mabbutt | 🏴 |
W George Petherbridge | 🏴 |
IF Dai Ward | 🏴 |
CF Alfie Biggs | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Geoff Bradford | 🏴 |
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
Rovers XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 |
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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