Game #2617
Aston Villa
Monday, 9 January 1961
Won
3rd Round
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
Villa score 4 in the mud, could have had 8, and see off Rovers in one of the most one-sided games imaginable. The conditions didn't help of course but Villa have their first win since beating Chelsea on 17 December.
Joe Mercer's Villa face Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup third round replay at Villa Park just two days after the original fixture.
🟩 9 Jan 1961, Villa 4-0 Bristol Rovers, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Bristol Rovers
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 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