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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

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

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

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 4 February 1961
  • A visibly exhausted Villa, playing their third game in three days, lead at Old Trafford until the last five minutes before conceding a late equaliser. Villa have a day's rest before they face Plymouth at Home Park in their League Cup replay.

  • 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

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FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 W Jimmy Adam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1959-61 🕒 24 | ✅ 24 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 3 | 🇺 - | #470 |

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester United
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Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

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

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: Malcolm Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, 1958-1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨

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

🕒 108 | 🟩 | 55 🟨 24 🟥 29 | 1.75

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Malcolm Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, 1958-1961

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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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

🟨 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

🟨 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

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

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

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

🟨 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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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 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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