Game #2609
Aston Villa
12-2-7, 26 PTS
Saturday, 10 December 1960
Lost
6th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Division One
Nottingham Forest
5-4-12, 14 PTS
City Ground
Attendance: 23,178
🟥 10 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
Nottingham Forest
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
🟥 10 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 10 December 1960
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47' Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Quigley
🥅 | 53' Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest), Geoff Vowden
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 2-0 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
🟥 10 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 10 December 1960
Villa suffer a shock defeat - their first in ten - as lowly Forest take both points from the City Ground.
Joe Mercer's Villa lose for the first time in ten and fail to score for the first time in twenty four games this season to make it twelve wins, ten at home, two draws, both away and seven defeats, six away, in twenty one games following their return to the top flight.
🟥 10 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
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
Nottingham Forest
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1958-59
🟥 10 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #99 |
Saturday, 10 December 1960
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🟥 10 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jim Cattlin | 🏴 | Rochdale, 1960-1966
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 96 | 🟩 | 52 🟨 17 🟥 27 | 1.8
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 10 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jim Cattlin | 🏴 | Rochdale, 1960-1966
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 10 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.80 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 31.74 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan O'Neill | 🏴 | 23.09 |
🟥 10 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
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
Andy Beattie | 🏴 |
Nottingham Forest
GK Peter Grummitt | 🏴 |
LB Joe McDonald | 🏴 |
CB Bob McKinlay | 🏴 |
RB Roy Patrick | 🏴 |
M Jack Burkitt | 🏴 |
M John Quigley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Calvin Palmer | 🏴 |
W Dick Le Flem | 🏴 |
W Billy Gray | 🏴 |
F Colin Booth | 🏴 |
F Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟥 10 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
🟥 10 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
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
🟥 10 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 10 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
Forest XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
🟥 10 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 10 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 10 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 10 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground
MATCH REPORTS
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