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Game #2621

Aston Villa

13-5-9, 31 PTS

Saturday, 4 February 1961

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Drew

6th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨

Division One

Manchester United

11-5-11, 27 PTS

Old Trafford

Attendance: 33,525

🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

Manchester United

1-1

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Aston Villa

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🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 4 February 1961

🕒 | HT Manchester United 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 47' Goal, 1-0, Bobby Thomson
🥅 | 85' Goal, 1-1, (Manchester United), Bobby Charlton
🕒 | FT Manchester United 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 4 February 1961

Joe Mercer's Villa are held at Old Trafford and now have just three defeats in their last twenty two to make it thirteen wins, ten at home, five draws and nine defeats, seven away, in twenty seven games following their return to the top flight. Meanwhile, Jimmy Adam made his final appearance for Villa aged 29 before moving on to Stoke City in July 1961. Adam played for Villa in 1959-60 and 1960-61 making 24 appearances and scoring 3 goals.

🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1959-61 | 🕒 24 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 2 | #469 |

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Aston Villa

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

Manchester United

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

Aston Villa

Manchester United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Manchester United

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Manchester United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #111 |
Saturday, 4 February 1961

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🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: M Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, -1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 108 | 🟩 | 55 🟨 24 🟥 29 | 1.75

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: M Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, -1961
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Nigel Sims, Doug Winton and Jimmy Adam replace Fred Potter, Stan Lynn and Peter McParland.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.22 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.90 |

Youngest Player |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23.24 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Matt Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester United

GK Mike Pinner (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Shay Brennan | 🇮🇪 |
LB Noel Cantwell | 🇮🇪 |
CB Bill Foulkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Nicholson | 🇬🇧 |
M Norbert Stiles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Maurice Setters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Albert Quixall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Mark Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alex Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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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

🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 4 Feb 1961, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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