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Game #2604

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 15 November 1960

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Drew

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

League Cup

Preston North End

Deepdale

Attendance: 7,677

🟨 15 Nov 1960, Villa 3-3 Preston, Deepdale

Preston North End

3-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 5' | Peter McParland | 40' |

🟨 15 Nov 1960, Villa 3-3 Preston, Deepdale

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 15 November 1960

⚽ | 5' Goal, 1-0, Alan O'Neill, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🥅 | 26' Goal, 1-1, (Preston North End), Tommy Thompson
⚽ | 40' Goal, 2-1, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | HT Preston North End 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 50' Goal, 2-2, (Preston North End), Davie Sneddon
⚽ | 85' Goal, 3-2, Bobby Thomson
🥅 | 89' Goal, 3-3, (Preston North End), John Wylie
🕒 | FT Preston North End 3-3 Aston Villa

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

🟨 15 Nov 1960, Villa 3-3 Preston, Deepdale

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 15 November 1960
  • Villa take the lead three times and are pegged back with Preston's final equaliser coming in the last minute ahead of a Villa Park replay.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa play at Deepdale for the second successive game and second time in four games as they contest the third round of the inaugural League Cup. Despite scoring three away from home, Preston secure a replay at Villa Park as the fixtures begin to pile up for Mercer's men.

🟨 15 Nov 1960, Villa 3-3 Preston, Deepdale

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Preston North End

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1937–38

FIXTURE HISTORY
Preston North End
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Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

League 🕒 85 | 🟩 45 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 31 | ⚽ 161 | 🥅 128 |
FA Cup 🕒 7 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 10 |
League Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 3 |

For the 51st time in 93 games one or other of the sides has scored 3 or more goals. ⚽ Villa 30 Preston 25. Both have done so on 4 occasions.

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

Preston North End

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Preston North End

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 15 Nov 1960, Villa 3-3 Preston, Deepdale

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #19 |
Manager Game | #94 |
Tuesday, 15 November 1960

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🟨 15 Nov 1960, Villa 3-3 Preston, Deepdale

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

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

🕒 91 | 🟩 | 48 🟨 17 🟥 26 | 1.77

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟨 15 Nov 1960, Villa 3-3 Preston, Deepdale

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

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

🟨 15 Nov 1960, Villa 3-3 Preston, Deepdale

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names the same line up for the fourth successive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.73 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.67 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan O'Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23.02 |

Referee

🟨 15 Nov 1960, Villa 3-3 Preston, Deepdale

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Cliff Britton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Preston North End

Not Recorded

Line Ups

🟨 15 Nov 1960, Villa 3-3 Preston, Deepdale

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 15 Nov 1960, Villa 3-3 Preston, Deepdale

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

🟨 15 Nov 1960, Villa 3-3 Preston, Deepdale

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

SQUAD STATS
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Not Recorded

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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UNAVAILABLE
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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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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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