Game #2628
Aston Villa
13-7-11, 33 PTS
Saturday, 11 March 1961
Drew
8th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 41,645
Birmingham City
St Andrew's
11-5-15, 27 PTS
Birmingham City
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Gordon Lee | 7' |
MATCH SUMMARY
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.
KEY MAN
Gerry Hitchens, scored to earn Villa a second successive draw and make it thirty four goals in forty three matches, Saturday, 11 March 1961.
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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
ON THIS DAY
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.
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: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #118 |
Saturday, 11 March 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴 | Chorley, -1962 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 115 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 26 🟥 32 | 1.71
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴 | Chorley, -1962 🆘
🆘 Denied Villa a legitimate winner
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Jack Kelly
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Birmingham City
🟨
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 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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
Birmingham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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