Game #2617
Aston Villa
Monday, 9 January 1961
Won
3rd Round Replay
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
FA Cup
Bristol Rovers
Villa Park
Attendance: 26,542
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-0
Bristol Rovers
Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 16' | Peter McParland | 29' | Bobby Thomson | 48' | Ron Wylie | 61' |
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 9 January 1961
⚽ | 16' Goal, 1-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 29' Goal, 2-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Bristol Rovers
⚽ | 48' Goal, 3-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Bobby Thomson
⚽ | 61' Goal, 4-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Ron Wylie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Monday, 9 January 1961
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Bristol Rovers
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Aston Villa
Bristol Rovers
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #32 |
Manager Game | #107 |
Monday, 9 January 1961
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🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Roger Woan | 🏴 | London, 1957-1964 🆘
Kick off: 7.15pm
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 104 | 🟩 | 54 🟨 21 🟥 29 | 1.76
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Roger Woan | 🏴 | London, 1957-1964 🆘
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 Referee Woan doesn't have a great game, although it made no difference to the result, he incorrectly disallowed a Villa goal before refusing a penalty for one of the clearest handball offences you could see.
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 7 Jan 1961, Villa 1-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville Stadium
Cards: None
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.52 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 31.82 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.13 |
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
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 Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Bert Tann | 🏴 |
Bristol Rovers
GK Howard Radford | 🏴 |
RB Doug Hillard | 🏴 |
CB David Pyle | 🏴 |
D John Frowen | 🏴 |
M Peter Sampson | 🏴 |
M Ray Mabbutt | 🏴 |
M Peter Hooper | 🇰🇪 |
W George Petherbridge | 🏴 |
IF Dai Ward | 🏴 |
CF Alfie Biggs | 🏴 |
CF Ted Purdon | 🇿🇦 |
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
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
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
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 | |
|---|---|
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
Rovers XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park