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Game #2606

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 23 November 1960

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Preston North End

Villa Park

Attendance: 15,000

🟩 23 Nov 1960, Villa 3-1 Preston, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-1

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Preston North End

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🟩 23 Nov 1960, Villa 3-1 Preston, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 23 November 1960

⚽ | 30' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens
🥅 | 45' Goal, 1-1, (Preston North End), Peter Thompson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Preston North End
⚽ | 58' Goal, 2-1, Ron Wylie
⚽ | 82' Goal, 3-1, Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Preston North End

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

🟩 23 Nov 1960, Villa 3-1 Preston, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 23 November 1960

  • Villa finally beat Preston having played them three times in the last four games. Villa progress to the Last 16 of the inaugural League Cup as a result.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa extend their unbeaten run to seven games as they beat first division rivals Preston in the third round replay of the League Cup.

🟩 23 Nov 1960, Villa 3-1 Preston, Villa Park

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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 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 4 |

For the 52nd time in 94 games one or other of the sides has scored 3 or more goals. ⚽ Villa 31 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

🟩 23 Nov 1960, Villa 3-1 Preston, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #21 |
Manager Game | #96 |
Wednesday, 23 November 1960

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🟩 23 Nov 1960, Villa 3-1 Preston, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Joe Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Arnold, 1951-1961
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 93 | 🟩 | 50 🟨 17 🟥 26 | 1.8

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟩 23 Nov 1960, Villa 3-1 Preston, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Joe Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Arnold, 1951-1961

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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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

🟩 23 Nov 1960, Villa 3-1 Preston, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Alan Deakin replaces Vic Crowe.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.86 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.70 |

Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.00 |

Referee

🟩 23 Nov 1960, Villa 3-1 Preston, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

GK Fred Else | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Bob Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Singleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John O’Neill | 🇮🇪 |
M John Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Johnny Fullam | 🇮🇪 |
W Derek Mayers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Tommy Thompson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Davie Sneddon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Alec Alston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 23 Nov 1960, Villa 3-1 Preston, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 23 Nov 1960, Villa 3-1 Preston, 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

🟩 23 Nov 1960, Villa 3-1 Preston, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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Preston XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

🟩 23 Nov 1960, Villa 3-1 Preston, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 23 Nov 1960, Villa 3-1 Preston, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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

🟩 23 Nov 1960, Villa 3-1 Preston, Villa Park

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