Game #2622
Aston Villa
Monday, 6 February 1961
Won
4th Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
League Cup
Plymouth Argyle
Home Park
Attendance: 13,548
🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home Park
Plymouth Argyle
3-5
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 59’ | 63’ | Harry Burrows | 88’ |
🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 6 February 1961
🥅 | 11’ Goal, 0-1, (Plymouth Argyle), Wilf Carter
💥 | 35' Penalty awarded to Plymouth Argyle for handball by Vic Crowe
💥 | 35' Nigel Sims saves Wilf Carter penalty
💥 | 36' Referee Smith orders retake due to encroachment
💥 | 36' Carter on penalty spot passed to Johnny Newman who scores past Sims
🥅 | 36' Goal, 0-2, (Plymouth Argyle, pen), Johnny Newman
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 1-2, Harry Burrows
🕒 | HT Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-2, Alan O’Neill, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 3-2, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 4-2, Gerry Hitchens
🥅 | Goal, 4-3, (Plymouth Argyle), Johnny Williams
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 5-3, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Plymouth Argyle 3-5 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home Park
ON THIS DAY
Monday, 6 February 1961
Villa win at Home Park but not after a bizarre penalty incident that saw the Plymouth taker pass to his team mate to score past Nigel Sims.
A Gerry Hitchens hat-trick and no little skill from Harry Burrows and Jimmy MacEwan clinch the 4th round tie on Villa's way to winning the first ever League Cup.
Joe Mercer's Villa finally beat second division Plymouth in the second replay at Home Park to progress to the inaugural League Cup quarter final. This fixture came ten games after the first replay and was the fourth game in ten days that Villa were required to contest due to fixture congestion.
🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Plymouth Argyle
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #37 |
Manager Game | #112 |
Monday, 6 February 1961
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🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: R. E. Smith | 🏴 | Monmouth, -1962 🆘
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 109 | 🟩 | 56 🟨 24 🟥 29 | 1.76
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: R. E. Smith | 🏴 | Monmouth, -1962 🆘
🆘 Letting two players score a penalty in one of the most remarkable misunderstanding of the rules by an official until September 2002 at St Andrews'.
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Stan Lynn, Harry Burrows and Alan Deakin replace John Neal, Ron Wylie and Jimmy Adam.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.92 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 32.66 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.21 |
🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home Park
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
LB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Neil Dougall | 🏴 |
Plymouth Argyle
GK Geoff Barnsley | 🏴 |
LB Bryce Fulton | 🏴 |
D George Robertson | 🏴 |
CH Reg Wyatt | 🏴 |
CH John Newman | 🏴 | ⚽ |
WH Johnny Williams | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Peter Anderson | 🏴 |
W Billy Wright | 🏴 |
IF Wilf Carter | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IF Jim McAnearney | 🏴 |
CF George Kirby | 🏴 |
🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home 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
🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home 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 | |
|---|---|
🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home Park
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
Plymouth XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home Park