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Game #2625

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 22 February 1961

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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

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Wrexham

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Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 61’ | 67' | Vic Crowe | 77' |

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

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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

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

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 22 February 1961

  • 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

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Wrexham

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Wrexham

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Wrexham

Previous 5 vs. Wrexham: None

Wrexham

PREVIOUS MATCH

None
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Wrexham

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 25 September 1970, Villa 3-2 Wrexham, Racecourse Ground.

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Reg Windle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chesterfield, -1967
Kick off: 7.15pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
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

🕒 112 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 24 🟥 31 | 1.74

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Reg Windle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chesterfield, -1967
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

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

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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 |

Referee
Manager

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

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

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

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

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

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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 Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

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

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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