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Game #2620

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 1 February 1961

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Won

4th Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

FA Cup

Peterborough United

Villa Park

Attendance: 64,531

🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Peterborough United

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Assist(s) | Alan O'Neill | 49' | 62' |

🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 1 February 1961

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Peterborough United
⚽ | 49' Goal, 1-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Alan O'Neill
🥅 | 61' Goal, 1-1, (Peterborough United), Peter McNamee
⚽ | 62' Goal, 2-1, Peter McParland, Assist by Alan O'Neill
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Peterborough United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 1 February 1961

Joe Mercer's Villa see off fourth division Peterborough in the FA Cup third round replay to make it just three defeats in twenty one. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Fred Potter made his sixth and final appearance for Villa aged 20 before moving on to Doncaster Rovers in July 1962.

🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 GK Fred Potter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1960-61 | 🕒 6 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #480 |

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Aston Villa

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

Peterborough United

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Peterborough United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Peterborough United

Previous 5 vs. Peterborough: 🟨

🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #35 |
Manager Game | #110 |
Wednesday, 1 February 1961

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🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, -1962
Kick off: 7.15pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
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

🕒 107 | 🟩 | 55 🟨 23 🟥 29 | 1.76

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, -1962 🆘
🆘 Probably should have given Villa at least two penalties for Peterborough's tackling offences in their box
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.22 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.65 |

Youngest Player |
GK Fred Potter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.19 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Fred Potter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Hagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Peterborough United

GK Jack Walls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dick Whittaker | 🇮🇪 |
CB Roy Banham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jim Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Rayner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Keith Ripley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Hails | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McNamee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
IF Dennis Emery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ray Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Terry Bly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

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

🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

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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 Fred Potter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 1 Feb 1961, Villa 2-1 Peterborough, Villa Park

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