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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 Park

Cardiff City

1-1

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Aston Villa

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

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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

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

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 7 September 1960

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 Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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

Aston Villa

Cardiff City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Cardiff City

Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

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 Park

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: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

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Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 78 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 15 🟥 22 | 1.77

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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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

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

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

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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
Manager

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

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 Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

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

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

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

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

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 Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

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 Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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

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