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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'

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'

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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

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

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

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 25 February 1961
  • Villa do a 'Wrexham' at Newcastle as they again don't start to play until the final half hour and cannot rescue a game they really should have been able to win. 

  • Villa now have just 4 games in 4 weeks, a curious piece of fixture scheduling given it is already turning into March with 14 League games left to play and a League Cup semi final. 

  • The only certainty is that it seems that the final month of the season will see Villa being required to play an unprecedented number of games as the Football League and FA have failed to sensibly manage the additional fixture burden created by the League Cup.

  • 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'

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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

Newcastle United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Newcastle United
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Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

League 🕒 92 | 🟩 35 | 🟨 17 | 🟥 40 | ⚽ 155 | 🥅 153 |
FA Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 7 |
Away 🕒 47 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 30 | ⚽ 64 | 🥅 106 |

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

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

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'

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: J. S. McLoughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1955-1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 113 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 24 🟥 32 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: J. S. McLoughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1955-1961

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

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

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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

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

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'

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

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

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

Squad Bios

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

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'

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

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

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 25 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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