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Game #2617

Aston Villa

Monday, 9 January 1961

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

FA Cup

Bristol Rovers

Villa Park

Attendance: 26,542

🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-0

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Bristol Rovers

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Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 16' | Peter McParland | 29' | Bobby Thomson | 48' | Ron Wylie | 61' |

🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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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

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 9 January 1961
  • Villa score 4 in the mud, could have had 8, and see off Rovers in one of the most one-sided games imaginable. The conditions didn't help of course but Villa have their first win since beating Chelsea on 17 December.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa face Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup third round replay at Villa Park just two days after the original fixture.

🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57

Bristol Rovers

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Bristol Rovers
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Previous 5 vs. Bristol Rovers: 🟨 🟩 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #32 |
Manager Game | #107 |
Monday, 9 January 1961

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🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Roger Woan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1958-1963
Kick off: 7.15pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 104 | 🟩 | 54 🟨 21 🟥 29 | 1.76

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Roger Woan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1958-1963

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

🆘 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.

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.52 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.82 |

Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.13 |

Referee

🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🇿🇦 |

Line Ups

🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Squad Bios

🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS
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Rovers XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park

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