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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

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

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 1 October 1960

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

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 GK Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1960 | 🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #478 |

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Aston Villa

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

Leicester City

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

Aston Villa

Leicester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

🟥 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
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 83 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 15 🟥 25 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Harry New | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth, 1960-1975 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 Probably should have awarded Villa a penalty, maybe two, whether it would have made any difference is a moot point given the performance.
Previous 5: None
Last Match: Nome
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 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
Manager

🟥 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

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

🟥 1 Oct 1960, Villa 1-3 Leicester, 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 Kevin Keelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

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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

UNAVAILABLE

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

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

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

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