Game #2616
Aston Villa
Saturday, 7 January 1961
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 |
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 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Drew
1-1
🟨 7 Jan 1961, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville
Scorer(s) | Bobby Thomson | 48' |
Assist(s) | Ron Wylie | 48' |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 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
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #106 |
Saturday, 7 January 1961
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Roger Woan | 🏴 | London, 1958-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Officials
Referee: Roger Woan | 🏴 | London, 1958-1963
Previous 5 vs. Bristol Rovers: 🟨 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 3 | 🟩 W1 (33% ) | 🟨 D2 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 3 | GD 3
Match Stats
Not recorded
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 103 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 21 🟥 29 | 1.75
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
FA Cup
Bristol Rovers
Eastville Stadium
Attendance: 34,061
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 | 🏴 |
Bert Tann | 🏴 |
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: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
Rovers take a deserved draw at Eastville to set up a replay at Villa Park but the teams have little time to prepare with the fixture scheduled for just two days' time.
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.
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Match Media
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