Game #2625
Wednesday, 22 February 1961
Attendance: 19,500
Won
League Cup Quarter Final
Quarter Final
Wrexham
DWLLW
Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-0
Wrexham
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Gerry Hitchens, scored a brace to help send Villa into the semi finals of the first ever League Cup to make it thirty three goals in forty matches, Wednesday, 22 February 1961.
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa stop a run of two losses - their first in nine - to beat fourth division Wrexham to reach the semi finals of the inaugural League Cup competition.
Aston Villa
Wrexham
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Wrexham: | - | - | - | - | - |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #40 |
Manager Game | #115 |
Wednesday, 22 February 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 3-0 |
Last 5 Games | DWLLW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Wrexham
TEAM NEWS
Doug Winton, Harry Burrows and Alan Deakin replace Stan Lynn, Jimmy MacEwan and Alan O’Neill.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.06 |
Oldest Player |
FB Doug Winton | 31.40 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 19.25 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer
MANAGER
Aston Villa
GK Geoff Sidebottom |
FB John Neal |
FB Doug Winton |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
M Vic Crowe |
M Alan Deakin |
W Harry Burrows |
F Peter McParland |
F Gerry Hitchens |
F Bobby Thomson |
F Ron Wylie |
Wrexham
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
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PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES