Game #2599

Aston Villa

6-1-6, 13 PTS

Saturday, 15 October 1960

Lost

10th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Arsenal

6-1-6, 13 PTS

Highbury

Attendance: 23,048

🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

Arsenal

2-1

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 70' |

Assist(s) | None

🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 15 October 1960

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 15 October 1960

Joe Mercer's Villa return to League action at Highbury and lose on the road for the fifth time in six and are defeated for the third time in the last four League games to make it six wins, all at home, a draw and six defeats, five away, in thirteen games following their return to the top flight. Meanwhile, centre back Terry Morrall made his final appearance for Villa aged 21 before moving on to Shrewsbury Town in May 1961. Morrall played for Villa in 1959-60 and 1960-61 making nine appearances.

🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CB Terry Morrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1959-60 | 🕒 9 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #468 |

PREVIOUS MATCH

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

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 22 Oct 1960, Villa 6-2 Birmingham, Villa Park

Aston Villa

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

Arsenal

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1952–53

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Arsenal

All the matches

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Arsenal

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟩 13 Dec 1958, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury

Arsenal

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #89 |
Saturday, 15 October 1960

🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Tommy Dawes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Norfolk, 1958-1974
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers

Timeline

On This Day

Trophies

Matches

Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 86 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 15 🟥 26 | 1.74

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tommy Dawes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Norfolk, 1958-1974
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Full Managerial Performance Statistics

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Tommy Dawes

CARDS

None

🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Peter McParland replaces Harry Burrows.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.86 |

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

Youngest Player |
CB Terry Morrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.91 |

Referee

Manager

🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

George Swindin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Arsenal

GK Jack Kelsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Len Wills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Snedden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Billy McCullough | 🇬🇧 |
M John Barnwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Danny Clapton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Geoff Strong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Vic Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jackie Henderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF David Herd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

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

LB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

CB Terry Morrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

	Unused

Squad Bios

🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Tables & Programmes

🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH REPORTS

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🟥 15 Oct 1960, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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