Game #2622
Aston Villa
Monday, 6 February 1961
Won
4th Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
League Cup
Attendance: 13,548
Plymouth Argyle
Home Park
Villa win at Home Park but not after a bizarre penalty incident that saw the Plymouth taker pass to his team mate to score past Nigel Sims. A Gerry Hitchens hat-trick and no little skill from Harry Burrows and Jimmy MacEwan clinch the 4th round tie on Villa's way to winning the first ever League Cup.
Plymouth Argyle
3-5
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 59’ | 63’ | Harry Burrows | 88’ |
KEY MAN
Gerry Hitchens, scored a hat-trick - his first goals in four - to help Villa finally beat second division Plymouth in the League Cup and to make it thirty one goals in thirty seven matches, Monday, 6 February 1961.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 6 February 1961
🥅 | 11’ Goal, 0-1, (Plymouth Argyle), Wilf Carter
💥 | 35' Penalty awarded to Plymouth Argyle for handball by Vic Crowe
💥 | 35' Nigel Sims saves Wilf Carter penalty
💥 | 36' Referee Smith orders retake due to encroachment
💥 | 36' Carter on penalty spot passed to Johnny Newman who scores past Sims
🥅 | 36' Goal, 0-2, (Plymouth Argyle, pen), Johnny Newman
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 1-2, Harry Burrows
🕒 | HT Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-2, Alan O’Neill, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 3-2, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 4-2, Gerry Hitchens
🥅 | Goal, 4-3, (Plymouth Argyle), Johnny Williams
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 5-3, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Plymouth Argyle 3-5 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa finally beat second division Plymouth in the second replay at Home Park to progress to the inaugural League Cup quarter final. This fixture came ten games after the first replay and was the fourth game in ten days that Villa were required to contest due to fixture congestion.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Plymouth Argyle
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Plymouth Argyle
Previous 5 vs. Plymouth: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #37 |
Manager Game | #112 |
Monday, 6 February 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: R. E. Smith | 🏴 | Monmouth, -1962 🆘
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 112 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 25 🟥 30 | 1.75
Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: R. E. Smith | 🏴 | Monmouth, -1962 🆘
🆘 Letting two players score a penalty in one of the most remarkable misunderstanding of the rules by an official until September 2002 at St Andrews'.
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
R. E. Smith
CARDS
Villa
None
Plymouth Argyle
None
TEAM NEWS
Stan Lynn, Harry Burrows and Alan Deakin replace John Neal, Ron Wylie and Jimmy Adam.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.92 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 32.66 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.21 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Neil Dougall | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
LB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Plymouth Argyle
GK Geoff Barnsley | 🏴 |
LB Bryce Fulton | 🏴 |
D George Robertson | 🏴 |
CH Reg Wyatt | 🏴 |
CH John Newman | 🏴 | ⚽ |
WH Johnny Williams | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Peter Anderson | 🏴 |
W Billy Wright | 🏴 |
IF Wilf Carter | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IF Jim McAnearney | 🏴 |
CF George Kirby | 🏴 |
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
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Plymouth XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
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
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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