Game #2632
Aston Villa
14-8-13, 36 PTS
Saturday, 1 April 1961
Lost
8th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 25,780
Nottingham Forest
Villa Park
13-7-16, 33 PTS
Aston Villa
1-2
Nottingham Forest
Assist(s) | Mike Kenning | 49' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa play the first of three fixtures in four days and follow their midweek home defeat to Albion with another to Forest. Villa take the lead but are thwarted from increasing their advantage through the goalkeeping of teenager Peter Grummit before Forest score a late winner. Villa have no time to ponder what may have been as they one day to prepare for playing Bolton twice in two days.
KEY MAN
Peter McParland, scored but Villa lose for the second game in succession, Saturday, 1 April 1961.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 1 April 1961
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Nottingham Forest
⚽ | 49' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Mike Kenning
🥅 | 51' Goal, 1-1, (Nottingham Forest), John Quigley
🥅 | 81' Goal, 1-2, (Nottingham Forest), Colin Booth
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Nottingham Forest
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa lose successive games as they play their fourth game in ten days and make it fourteen wins, eight draws and thirteen defeats in thirty five games following their return to the top flight.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Nottingham Forest
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1958-59
FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #122 |
Saturday, 1 April 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Fred Duxbury | 🏴 | Preston, -1966
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 119 | 🟩 | 58 🟨 27 🟥 34 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Fred Duxbury | 🏴 | Preston, -1966
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Fred Duxbury
CARDS
Villa
None
Nottingham Forest
None
TEAM NEWS
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.78 |
Oldest Player |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 | 29.23 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.36 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Mike Kenning | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Andy Beattie | 🏴 |
Nottingham Forest
GK Peter Grummitt | 🏴 |
LB Joe McDonald | 🏴 |
CB Bob McKinlay | 🏴 |
RB Roy Patrick | 🏴 |
M Billy Cobb | 🏴 |
M John Quigley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Calvin Palmer | 🏴 |
M Jim Iley | 🏴 |
W Dick Le Flem | 🏴 |
F Colin Booth | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 |
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
Forest XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
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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