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Game #2596

Aston Villa

5-1-5, 11 PTS

Saturday, 1 October 1960

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Lost

10th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Leicester City

4-2-5, 10 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 29,623

🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-3

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Leicester City

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Assist(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 53' |

🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 1 October 1960

🥅 | 4' Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Jimmy Walsh
🥅 | 14' Goal, 0-2, (Leicester City), Jimmy Walsh
🥅 | 44' Goal, 0-3, (Leicester City), Gordon Wills
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-3 Leicester City
⚽ | 53' Goal, 1-3, Peter McParland, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Leicester City

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

🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 1 October 1960
  • 'Keeper Kevin Keelan comes in for Nigel Sims and things don't go too well as Villa ship three in the first '45 having looked out of sorts from the first minute. Villa's 100% home win record is gone.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa lose their 100% home win record as they are defeated at Villa Park for the first time in six. As a result, Villa make it five wins, all at home, a draw and five defeats, four away, in eleven games following their return to the top flight. 

  • Meanwhile, goalkeeper Kevin Keelan made his final appearance for Villa aged 19 before moving on to Stockport County in April 1961. Keelan played for Villa in 1959-60 and 1960-61 making five appearances.

🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1960 🕒 5 | ✅ 5 🔁 (-) | 🥅 2.20 | ⛔ 20% | 🇺 - | #479 |

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

Aston Villa

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

Leicester City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Leicester City
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Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

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

🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #86 |
Saturday, 1 October 1960

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🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Harry New | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth, 1960-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 83 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 15 🟥 25 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Harry New | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth, 1960-1975

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

🆘 Probably should have awarded Villa a penalty, maybe two, whether it would have made any difference is a moot point given the performance.

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

🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Kevin Keelan, Peter McParland and Pat Saward replace Nigel Sims, Harry Burrows and Alan Deakin.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.97 |

Oldest Player |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | 32.15 |

Youngest Player |
GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.75 |

Referee

🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Morrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Matt Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Gordon Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Tony Knapp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank McLintock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Richie Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Appleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Howard Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gordon Wills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ken Leek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Jimmy Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Albert Cheesebrough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, 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

Squad Bios

🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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

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

🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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Injury | 2 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park

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