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Game #2594

Aston Villa

5-1-3, 11 PTS

Saturday, 17 September 1960

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Won

8th (-2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Manchester United

2-1-5, 5 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 43,593

🟩 17 Sep 1960, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-1

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Manchester United

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Assist(s) | Bobby Thomson | 33' | Gerry Hitchens | 52' |

🟩 17 Sep 1960, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 17 September 1960

⚽ | 33' Goal, 1-0, Harry Burrows, Assist by Bobby Thomson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester United
⚽ | 52' Goal, 2-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
🥅 | 56' Goal, 2-1, (Manchester United), Dennis Viollet
⚽ | 64' Goal, 3-1, Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Manchester United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 17 Sep 1960, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 17 September 1960

Joe Mercer's Villa continue their 100% home win record to make it five wins, all at home, a draw and three defeats, all away, in nine games following their return to the top flight. As a result, Mercer has now won fifteen of the thirty seven games he has led Villa in division one, losing fifteen.

🟩 17 Sep 1960, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Manchester United

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

Aston Villa

Manchester United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Manchester United

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Manchester United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 17 Sep 1960, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #84 |
Saturday, 17 September 1960

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🟩 17 Sep 1960, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: R. E. Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Monmouth, -1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 81 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 15 🟥 23 | 1.78

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟩 17 Sep 1960, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: R. E. Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Monmouth, -1962
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟩 17 Sep 1960, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.95 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.51 |

Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.82 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 17 Sep 1960, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Morrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Matt Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester United

GK Harry Gregg | 🇬🇧 |
LB Shay Brennan | 🇮🇪 |
CB Bill Foulkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ron Cope | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Johnny Giles | 🇮🇪 |
M Jimmy Nicholson | 🇬🇧 |
M Maurice Setters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Albert Scanlon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Albert Quixall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dennis Viollet | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 17 Sep 1960, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

🟩 17 Sep 1960, Villa 3-1 United, Villa 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

🟩 17 Sep 1960, Villa 3-1 United, Villa 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

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SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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United XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 17 Sep 1960, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 17 Sep 1960, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park

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