Game #2625
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 22 February 1961


Won
Quarter Final
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
League Cup
Wrexham
Villa Park
Attendance: 19,500
🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-0

Wrexham

Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 61’ | 67' | Vic Crowe | 77' |
🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 22 February 1961
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Wrexham
⚽ | 61' Goal, 1-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Harry Burrows
⚽ | 67' Goal, 2-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Harry Burrows
⚽ | 77' Goal, 3-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Vic Crowe
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Wrexham
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
🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 22 February 1961
Villa cruise through against Wrexham in the League Cup quarters but not in a good way as their less than full application sees the goals only coming in the last 30 after which, finally, the lower league side ended the game well beaten.
Villa face Wrexham for the first time in competitive football, Wrexham become the 90th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Joe Mercer's Villa stop a run of two losses - their first in nine - to beat fourth division Wrexham to reach the semi finals of the inaugural League Cup competition.
🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Wrexham


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Wrexham
PREVIOUS MATCH

Wrexham
SUBSEQUENT MATCH
🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #40 |
Manager Game | #115 |
Wednesday, 22 February 1961
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🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Reg Windle | 🏴 | Chesterfield, 1954-1967
Kick off: 7.15pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 112 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 24 🟥 31 | 1.74
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Reg Windle | 🏴 | Chesterfield, 1954-1967
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Doug Winton, Harry Burrows and Alan Deakin replace Stan Lynn, Jimmy MacEwan and Alan O’Neill.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.06 |
Oldest Player |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 | 31.40 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.25 |
🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa Park
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964

Aston Villa
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Billy Morris | 🏴 |

Wrexham
GK Arthur Johnson | 🏴 |
RB Peter Jones | 🏴 |
LB Aly McGowan | 🏴 |
WH Fred Davis | 🏴 |
WH George Evans | 🏴 |
CH Alan Fox | 🏴 |
IL Gareth Salisbury | 🏴 |
IL Mickey Metcalf | 🏴 |
OL Elfed Morris | 🏴 |
OL Ron Roberts | 🏴 |
CF Wyn Davies | 🏴 |
🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa 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

🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS

Wrexham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 22 Feb 1961, Villa 3-0 Wrexham, Villa Park

