Game #2621
Aston Villa
13-5-9, 31 PTS
Saturday, 4 February 1961
Manchester United
1-1
Aston Villa
Division One
Manchester United
11-5-11, 27 PTS
Old Trafford
Attendance: 33,525
Drew
6th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Bobby Thomson, scored to earn Villa the draw, Saturday, 4 February 1961.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 4 February 1961
🕒 | HT Manchester United 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 47' Goal, 1-0, Bobby Thomson
🥅 | 85' Goal, 1-1, (Manchester United), Bobby Charlton
🕒 | FT Manchester United 1-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa are held at Old Trafford and now have just three defeats in their last twenty two to make it thirteen wins, ten at home, five draws and nine defeats, seven away, in twenty seven games following their return to the top flight.
Meanwhile, Jimmy Adam made his final appearance for Villa aged 29 before moving on to Stoke City in July 1961. Adam played for Villa in 1959-60 and 1960-61 making 24 appearances and scoring 3 goals.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Manchester United
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #111 |
Saturday, 4 February 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: M Dixon | 🏴 | York, -1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 108 | 🟩 | 55 🟨 24 🟥 29 | 1.75
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: M Dixon | 🏴 | York, -1961
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Nigel Sims, Doug Winton and Jimmy Adam replace Fred Potter, Stan Lynn and Peter McParland.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.22 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 31.90 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 | 23.24 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴 | 🔴 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Matt Busby | 🏴 |
Manchester United
GK Mike Pinner (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Shay Brennan | 🇮🇪 |
LB Noel Cantwell | 🇮🇪 |
CB Bill Foulkes | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Nicholson | 🇬🇧 |
M Norbert Stiles | 🏴 |
M Maurice Setters | 🏴 |
M Bobby Charlton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Albert Quixall | 🏴 |
F Mark Pearson | 🏴 |
CF Alex Dawson | 🏴 |
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
United XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
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
🔴 W Jimmy Adam | 🏴 | 1959-61 | 🕒 24 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 2 | #469 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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