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Game #2626

Aston Villa

13-5-11, 31 PTS

Saturday, 25 February 1961

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Lost

8th (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Newcastle United

8-7-16, 23 PTS

St James' Park

Attendance: 21,275

🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' Park

Newcastle United

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Bobby Thomson | 62' |

🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 25 February 1961

🥅 | 38' Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Len White
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 59' Goal, 0-2, (Newcastle United), Len White
⚽ | 62' Goal, 1-2, Peter McParland, Assist by Bobby Thomson
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 2-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 25 February 1961

Joe Mercer's Villa lose for the third time in four having not lost in the previous eight to make it thirteen wins, ten at home, five draws and eleven defeats, eight away, in twenty nine games following their return to the top flight.

🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Newcastle United

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1954-55

Aston Villa

Newcastle United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Newcastle United

Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #116 |
Saturday, 25 February 1961

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🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: J. S. McLoughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, -1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
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

🕒 113 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 24 🟥 32 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: J. S. McLoughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, -1961
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.06 |

Oldest Player |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.41 |

Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.26 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' 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

Charlie Mitten | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Newcastle United

GK Stewart Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Jackie Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bill McKinney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John McGrath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alf McMichael | 🇬🇧 |
M Duncan Neale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Albert Scanlon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John McGuigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ivor Allchurch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Len White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Ken Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' 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

🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' 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

🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' 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

🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' Park

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