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Game #2598

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 12 October 1960

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Huddersfield Town

Villa Park

Attendance: 17,057

🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-1

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Huddersfield Town

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Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 19' | Jimmy MacEwan | 27' | Vic Crowe | 55' |

🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 12 October 1960

⚽ | 19' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Harry Burrows
⚽ | 27' Goal, 2-0, Ron Wylie, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🥅 | 37' Goal, 2-1, (Huddersfield Town), John Milner
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Huddersfield Town
⚽ | 55' Goal, 3-1, Ron Wylie, Assist by Vic Crowe
⚽ | 78' Goal, 4-1, Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Huddersfield Town

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 12 October 1960

Joe Mercer's Villa contest their first ever game in the League Cup and see off second division Huddersfield to progress to the third round.

🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, 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

Huddersfield Town

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1925-26

Aston Villa

Huddersfield Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Huddersfield Town

Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #13 |
Manager Game | #88 |
Wednesday, 12 October 1960

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🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
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

🕒 85 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 15 🟥 25 | 1.76

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Terry Morrall replaces Jimmy Dugdale.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.23 |

Oldest Player |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | 32.18 |

Youngest Player |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.59 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, 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 Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Eddie Boot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Huddersfield Town

GK Ray Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Brian Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Coddington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Bob Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Gordon Low | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CH Ken Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RH John Milner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Chris Balderstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jim Kerray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Derek Stokes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Les Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, 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

🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, 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

🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 12 Oct 1960, Villa 4-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park

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