Game #2628
Aston Villa
13-7-11, 33 PTS
Saturday, 11 March 1961
8th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 | 🟨 |
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
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Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Ron Wylie (1)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
Team News
Gordon Lee replaces Doug Winton.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.76 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 31.99 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.30 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
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Drew
1-1
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
Scorer(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 7' |
Assist(s) | Gordon Lee | 7' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 7' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Gordon Lee
🟨 | 41' Booking, Ron Wylie, Kicking the ball away
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 86' Goal, 1-1, (Birmingham City), Jimmy Singer
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 1-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #118 |
Saturday, 11 March 1961
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴 | Chorley, 1955-1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
Officials
Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴 | Chorley, 1955-1962
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 65 | 🟩 26 | 🟨 22 | 🟥 17 | ⚽ 114 | 🥅 90 |
League 🕒 62 | 🟩 24 | 🟨 21 | 🟥 17 | ⚽ 109 | 🥅 90 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
Home 🕒 32 | 🟩 16 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 5 | ⚽ 63 | 🥅 41 |
Away 🕒 33 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 12 | ⚽ 51 | 🥅 49 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 115 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 26 🟥 32 | 1.71
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Division One
Birmingham City
11-5-15, 27 PTS
St Andrew's
Attendance: 41,645
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
LB Graham Sissons | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Smith | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Brian Farmer | 🏴 |
M Dick Neal Jr | 🏴 |
M Johnny Watts | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Bloomfield | 🏴 |
W Gordon Astall | 🏴 |
W Brian Taylor | 🏴 |
F Jimmy Singer | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Jimmy Harris | 🏴 |
Gil Merrick | 🏴 |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
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Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
Gordon Lee makes his first appearance for two years and sets up an early goal for Gerry Hitchens. Referee Kelly disallows a legitimate second for Villa before Birmingham luck in with a late equaliser.
Villa now wait 11 days for their next fixture - the previously cancelled game against Everton at Goodison. Villa Park is being used for FA Cup purposes leaving Villa without a game on the coming Saturday in yet another fixture mess up by the authorities.
Joe Mercer's Villa draw for the second successive game to make it thirteen wins, ten at home, seven draws and eleven defeats, eight away, in thirty one games following their return to the top flight.
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