Game #2629
Aston Villa
14-7-11, 35 PTS
Wednesday, 22 March 1961
Won
7th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 28,115
Everton
Goodison Park
16-5-13, 37 PTS
Everton
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 57' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa suffer more poor decision making from the authorities as they are without Gerry Hitchens who is called up for an utterly pointless Football League vs. Scottish League fixture. Despite the ridiculous handicap, Villa win through to secure their first League victory of 1961.
After the crazy fixture hiatus Villa now face 7 games in the next 16 days starting with Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday.
KEY MAN
Bobby Thomson, scored to help Villa win for the first time in six, Wednesday, 22 March 1961.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 22 March 1961
🥅 | 25' Goal, 0-1, (Everton), Frank Wignall
🕒 | HT Everton 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 57' Goal, 1-1, Alan Deakin, Assist by Peter McParland
⚽ | 80' Goal, 2-1, Bobby Thomson
🕒 | FT Everton 1-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa go three games unbeaten and win for the first time in six to make it fourteen wins, ten at home, seven draws and eleven defeats, eight away, in thirty two games following their return to the top flight.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Everton
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1938-39
FIXTURE HISTORY
Everton
Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #119 |
Wednesday, 22 March 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: A Hawcroft | 🏴 | Rotherham, -1961
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 116 | 🟩 | 58 🟨 26 🟥 32 | 1.72
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: A Hawcroft | 🏴 | Rotherham, -1961
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
A Hawcroft
CARDS
Villa
None
Everton
None
TEAM NEWS
Alan O’Neill replaces Gerry Hitchens.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.51 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 32.03 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.33 |
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 Alan O’Neill | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Johnny Carey | 🇮🇪 |
Everton
GK Albert Dunlop | 🏴 |
RB Alex Parker | 🏴 |
CB Brian Labone | 🏴 |
CB George Sharples | 🏴 |
D George Thomson | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Gabriel | 🏴 |
M Alan Tyrer | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Fell | 🏴 |
W Billy Bingham | 🇬🇧 |
F Bobby Collins | 🏴 |
CF Frank Wignall | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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
Everton XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
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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