Game #2617
Aston Villa
Monday, 9 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 | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF 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
Goalkeepers
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Forwards
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 |
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 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Won
4-0
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Bobby Thomson | 16' | 29' | Gerry Hitchens | 48' | 61' |
Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 16' | Peter McParland | 29' | Bobby Thomson | 48' | Ron Wylie | 61' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 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
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #32 |
Manager Game | #107 |
Monday, 9 January 1961
Match Record
Game Record
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: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Officials
Referee: Roger Woan | 🏴 | London, 1958-1963
Linesmen: G. W. Lee; L. D. D. Maddocks
Previous 5 vs. Bristol Rovers: 🟨 🟩 🟨
Head to Head
Total 🕒 4 | 🟩 W2 (50% ) | 🟨 D2 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 10 | 🥅 3 | GD 7
Match Stats
Not recorded
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 104 | 🟩 | 54 🟨 21 🟥 29 | 1.76
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
FA Cup
Bristol Rovers
Villa Park
Attendance: 26,542
GK Howard Radford | 🏴 |
RB Doug Hillard | 🏴 |
CB David Pyle | 🏴 |
D John Frowen | 🏴 |
M Peter Sampson | 🏴 |
M Ray Mabbutt | 🏴 |
M Peter Hooper | 🇰🇪 |
W George Petherbridge | 🏴 |
F Dai Ward | 🏴 |
CF Alfie Biggs | 🏴 |
CF Ted Purdon | 🇿🇦 |
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
Goalkeepers
GK Howard Radford | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB David Pyle | 🏴 |
D John Frowen | 🏴 |
Full Backs
RB Doug Hillard | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Peter Sampson | 🏴 |
M Ray Mabbutt | 🏴 |
M Peter Hooper | 🇰🇪 |
Wingers
W George Petherbridge | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Dai Ward | 🏴 |
CF Alfie Biggs | 🏴 |
CF Ted Purdon | 🇿🇦 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
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.
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Match Media
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