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
🟩 6 Feb 1961, Villa 5-3 Plymouth, Home Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Plymouth Argyle
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Aston Villa
Plymouth Argyle
🟩 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