Game #2630
Aston Villa
14-8-11, 36 PTS
Saturday, 25 March 1961
Drew
7th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 17,726
Burnley
Turf Moor
17-5-10, 39 PTS
Burnley
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Ron Wylie | 63' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa concede late to lose the opportunity of a second successive league win in their condensed fixture schedule. Up next is struggling Albion on Tuesday.
KEY MAN
Gerry Hitchens, scored to extend Villa's unbeaten run to four and make it thirty five goals in forty five matches, Saturday, 25 March 1961.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 25 March 1961
🕒 | HT Burnley 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 63' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Ron Wylie
🥅 | 80' Goal, 1-1, (Burnley), Ian Lawson
🕒 | FT Burnley 1-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa go four games unbeaten to make it fourteen wins, ten at home, eight draws and eleven defeats, eight away, in thirty three games following their return to the top flight.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Burnley
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1959-60
FIXTURE HISTORY
Burnley
Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #120 |
Saturday, 25 March 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: H Webb | 🏴 | Leeds, -1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 117 | 🟩 | 58 🟨 27 🟥 32 | 1.72
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: H Webb | 🏴 | Leeds, -1962
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Burnley
None
TEAM NEWS
Gerry Hitchens replaces Alan O’Neill.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.80 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 32.03 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.34 |
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
Harry Potts | 🏴 |
Burnley
GK Adam Blacklaw | 🏴 |
RB John Angus | 🏴 |
CB Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
LB Alex Elder | 🇬🇧 |
M Walter Joyce | 🏴 |
M Brian Miller | 🏴 |
M Gordon Harris | 🏴 |
M Jimmy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 |
W John Connelly | 🏴 |
F Ian Lawson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Jimmy Robson | 🏴 |
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
Burnley 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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