Game #2628
Saturday, 11 March 1961
Attendance: 41,645
Drew
Division One
7th (-)
Birmingham City
LWLDD
St Andrew's
Birmingham City
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
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
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
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham City: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #118 |
Saturday, 11 March 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | LWLDD |
MATCH OFFICIALS
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
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 |
Birmingham City
Withers (ex), Sissons, Farmer, Neal, Watts, Bloomfield, Smith, Astall, Taylor, Singer (g), Harris. Manager: Gil Merrick.
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
Not Recorded
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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