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Game #2620

Aston Villa

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Wednesday, 1 February 1961

4th Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

GK Fred Potter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964
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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 Fred Potter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Wingers
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

Forwards
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan O'Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

Injury | 2 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Team News

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.22 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.65 |

Youngest Player |
GK Fred Potter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.19 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

🔴 GK Fred Potter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1960-61 🕒 6 | ✅ 6 🔁 (-) | 🥅 1.50 | ⛔ 17% | 🇺 - | #481 |

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Won

2-1

🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Peter McParland | 49' | 62' |

Assist(s) | Alan O'Neill | 49' | 62' |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Peterborough United
⚽ | 49' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Alan O'Neill
🥅 | 61' Goal, 1-1, (Peterborough United), Peter McNamee
⚽ | 62' Goal, 2-1, Peter McParland, Assist by Alan O'Neill
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Peterborough United

Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #35 |
Manager Game | #110 |
Wednesday, 1 February 1961

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1955-1962
Kick off: 7.15pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Officials

Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1955-1962
Linesmen: F. Smith; S. Holliday

Previous 5 vs. Peterborough: 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 2 | 🟩 W1 (50% ) | 🟨 D1 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 2 | GD 1

Match Stats

Not recorded

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 107 | 🟩 | 55 🟨 23 🟥 29 | 1.76

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

FA Cup

Peterborough United

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Villa Park

Attendance: 64,531

GK Jack Walls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dick Whittaker | 🇮🇪 |
CB Roy Banham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jim Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Rayner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Keith Ripley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Hails | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McNamee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Dennis Emery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ray Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Terry Bly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Jimmy Hagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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 Jack Walls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
D Dick Whittaker | 🇮🇪 |
CB Roy Banham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
LB Jim Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Jimmy Rayner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Keith Ripley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Billy Hails | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McNamee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Forwards
F Dennis Emery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ray Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Terry Bly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
Starting XI
GK Fred Potter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

6

6

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

4

🟥

1

1

🥅

9

FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

80

80

🔥

0

0

🟩

44

🟨

18

🟥

18

CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

224

224

🔥

3

1

🟩

98

🟨

56

🟥

70

RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

310

310

🔥

38

9

🟩

122

🟨

82

🟥

106

M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

209

209

🔥

5

10

🟩

88

🟨

46

🟥

75

W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
🕒

67

67

🔥

12

25

🟩

38

🟨

16

🟥

13

W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

298

298

🔥

103

54

🟩

114

🟨

77

🟥

107

F Alan O'Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

13

13

🔥

5

4

🟩

8

🟨

4

🟥

1

CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

139

139

🔥

83

28

🟩

69

🟨

27

🟥

43

CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

73

73

🔥

34

17

🟩

41

🟨

17

🟥

15

CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

103

103

🔥

14

20

🟩

55

🟨

21

🟥

27

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Such was the fervour from Peterborough that 10,000 fans were locked out ahead of kick off and Posh did little to temper their expectations as the robust fourth division side but on a stirring display in defeat.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa see off fourth division Peterborough in the FA Cup third round replay to make it just three defeats in twenty one. 

  • Meanwhile, goalkeeper Fred Potter made his sixth and final appearance for Villa aged 20 before moving on to Doncaster Rovers in July 1962.

What they Said

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