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Game #2613

Aston Villa

13-2-8, 28 PTS

Saturday, 24 December 1960

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Lost

6th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

Division One

Wolverhampton Wanderers

14-4-5, 32 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 48,795

🟥 24 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Wolves, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-2

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Wolves

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 24 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Wolves, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 24 December 1960

🥅 | 18' Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Ted Farmer
🥅 | 21' Goal, 0-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Cliff Durandt
💥 | 32' Player left field of play with injury, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Ron Flowers
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
💥 | 46' Player returns to field of play, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Ron Flowers
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 24 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Wolves, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 24 December 1960

  • Villa suffer defeat at the hands of Wolves but remain sixth ahead of the return fixture at Molineux on Boxing Day.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa make it two defeats in their last fourteen matches as their fixture congestion begins to bite. 

  • Villa had now played four times in the last eleven days and lose at home for only the second time this season to make it thirteen wins, ten at home, two draws, both away and eight defeats, six away, in twenty three games following their return to the top flight.

🟥 24 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Wolves, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1959-60

Aston Villa

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Wolverhampton Wanderers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 24 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Wolves, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #103 |
Saturday, 24 December 1960

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🟥 24 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Wolves, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Dagnall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1955-1968
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
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

🕒 100 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 19 🟥 28 | 1.78

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ken Dagnall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1955-1968
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Nigel Sims replaces Fred Potter.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.47 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.78 |

Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.09 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 24 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Wolves, 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 Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Stan Cullis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

GK Malcolm Finlayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Gerry Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Bill Slater | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Eddie Stuart | 🇿🇦 |
M Ron Flowers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
M Eddie Clamp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Cliff Durandt | 🇿🇦 | ⚽ |
W Norman Deeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jimmy Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ted Farmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

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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

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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

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SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 24 Dec 1960, Villa 0-2 Wolves, Villa Park

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