Game #2617
Aston Villa
Monday, 9 January 1961
Aston Villa
4-0
Bristol Rovers
FA Cup
Bristol Rovers
Villa Park
Attendance: 26,542
Won
3rd Round Replay
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 16' | Peter McParland | 29' | Bobby Thomson | 48' | Ron Wylie | 61' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Gerry Hitchens, scored his third brace in four games to make it twenty six goals in thirty two matches, Monday, 9 January 1961.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 9 January 1961
⚽ | 16' Goal, 1-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 29' Goal, 2-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Bristol Rovers
⚽ | 48' Goal, 3-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Bobby Thomson
⚽ | 61' Goal, 4-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Ron Wylie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa face Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup third round replay at Villa Park just two days after the original fixture.
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 | #32 |
Manager Game | #107 |
Monday, 9 January 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Roger Woan | 🏴 | London, 1957-1964 🆘
Kick off: 7.15pm
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 104 | 🟩 | 54 🟨 21 🟥 29 | 1.76
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Roger Woan | 🏴 | London, 1957-1964 🆘
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 Referee Woan doesn't have a great game, although it made no difference to the result, he incorrectly disallowed a Villa goal before refusing a penalty for one of the clearest handball offences you could see.
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 7 Jan 1961, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville Stadium
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.52 |
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 | 🏴 |
M Peter Sampson | 🏴 |
M Ray Mabbutt | 🏴 |
M Peter Hooper | 🇰🇪 |
W George Petherbridge | 🏴 |
IF Dai Ward | 🏴 |
CF Alfie Biggs | 🏴 |
CF Ted Purdon | 🇿🇦 |
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
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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