Game #2628
Aston Villa
13-7-11, 33 PTS
Saturday, 11 March 1961
Drew
8th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
Division One
Birmingham City
11-5-15, 27 PTS
St Andrew's
Attendance: 41,645
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
Birmingham City
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Gordon Lee | 7' |
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 11 March 1961
⚽ | 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
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 11 March 1961
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.
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩
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 |
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #118 |
Saturday, 11 March 1961
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🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH SUMMARY
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: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 115 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 26 🟥 32 | 1.71
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴 | Chorley, 1955-1962
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨 Ron Wylie
CARDS
🟨
🆘 Denied Villa a legitimate winner
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Gordon Lee replaces Doug Winton.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.76 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 31.99 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.30 |
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Gil Merrick | 🏴 |
Birmingham City
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 | 🏴 |
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
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
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
Birmingham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH REPORTS
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🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's