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Game #2591

Aston Villa

3-1-2, 7 PTS

Wednesday, 7 September 1960

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Drew

8th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division One

Cardiff City

2-2-2, 6 PTS

Ninian Park

Attendance: 35,000

🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian

Cardiff City

1-1

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Aston Villa

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🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 7 September 1960

⚽ | 43' Goal, 1-0, Vic Crowe
🕒 | HT Cardiff City 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 55' Goal, 1-1, (Cardiff City), Derek Tapscott
💥 | 57' Missed Penalty, Stan Lynn
💥 | Player injured on field of play, Jimmy Adam
🕒 | FT Cardiff City 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 7 September 1960

  • Villa miss a penalty at Ninian Park and miss the chance for three consecutive wins.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa secure their first away point of the season as they are held by fellow promoted side Cardiff at Ninian Park to make it three wins, all at home, a draw and two defeats, both away, on their return to the top flight.

🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57

Cardiff City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1926-27

FIXTURE HISTORY

Cardiff City

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Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

League 🕒 29 | 🟩 14 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 13 | ⚽ 39 | 🥅 33 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 5 |

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #81 |
Wednesday, 7 September 1960

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🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jim Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hereford, 1959-1972
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 78 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 15 🟥 22 | 1.77

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jim Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hereford, 1959-1972
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 30 Mar 1960, Villa 4-4 Liverpool, Villa Park
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Jimmy Adam replaces Peter McParland.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.77 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.24 |

Youngest Player |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 23.48 |

Referee

🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🚑 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bill Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Cardiff City

GK Graham Vearncombe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Alec Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Danny Malloy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Alan Harrington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Colin Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Steve Gammon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Johnny Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Donnelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Derek Tapscott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Brian Edgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Squad Bios

🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

SQUAD STATS

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Cardiff XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 7 Sep 1960, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian

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