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Game #2614

Aston Villa

13-2-9, 28 PTS

Monday, 26 December 1960

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Lost

6th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division One

Wolverhampton Wanderers

15-4-5, 34 PTS

Molineux

Attendance: 43,161

🟥 26 Dec 1960, Villa 2-3 Wolves, Molineux

Wolves

3-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 85' |

🟥 26 Dec 1960, Villa 2-3 Wolves, Molineux

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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 26 December 1960

🥅 | 4' Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Ted Farmer
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 66' Goal, 0-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Ted Farmer
🥅 | 78' Goal, 0-3, (Wolverhampton Wanderers, pen), Jimmy Murray
⚽ | 80' Goal, 1-3, Gerry Hitchens
⚽ | 85' Goal, 2-3, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 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

🟥 26 Dec 1960, Villa 2-3 Wolves, Molineux

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 26 December 1960
  • A fourth game in nine days sees Villa lose for the second time in two days against Wolves as Doug 'Jock' Winton concedes a handball penalty midway through the second half to put the homeside three up before a Gerry Hitchens inspired fightback doesn't quite level matters.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa make it successive defeats as their fixture congestion begins to bite. Villa had now played five times in the last thirteen days including twice in the last three to make it thirteen wins, ten at home, two draws, both away and nine defeats, seven away, in twenty four games following their return to the top flight.

🟥 26 Dec 1960, Villa 2-3 Wolves, Molineux

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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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Wolverhampton Wanderers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 26 Dec 1960, Villa 2-3 Wolves, Molineux

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #104 |
Monday, 26 December 1960

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🟥 26 Dec 1960, Villa 2-3 Wolves, Molineux

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jim Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hereford, 1960-1971
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

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

🕒 101 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 19 🟥 29 | 1.76

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

🟥 26 Dec 1960, Villa 2-3 Wolves, Molineux

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jim Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hereford, 1960-1971

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

🟥 26 Dec 1960, Villa 2-3 Wolves, Molineux

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Fred Potter, Harry Burrows and Jimmy Adam replace Nigel Sims, Bobby Thomson and Jimmy MacEwan.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.07 |

Oldest Player |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.24 |

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

Referee

🟥 26 Dec 1960, Villa 2-3 Wolves, Molineux

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Fred Potter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Stan Cullis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Line Ups

🟥 26 Dec 1960, Villa 2-3 Wolves, Molineux

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 26 Dec 1960, Villa 2-3 Wolves, Molineux

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

🟥 26 Dec 1960, Villa 2-3 Wolves, Molineux

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

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

🟥 26 Dec 1960, Villa 2-3 Wolves, Molineux

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 26 Dec 1960, Villa 2-3 Wolves, Molineux

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Injury | 4 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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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🟥 26 Dec 1960, Villa 2-3 Wolves, Molineux

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 26 Dec 1960, Villa 2-3 Wolves, Molineux

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MATCH REPORTS

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