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Game #2627

Aston Villa

13-6-11, 32 PTS

Saturday, 4 March 1961

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Drew

7th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

Division One

Arsenal

13-6-13, 31 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 35,000

🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-2

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Arsenal

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Assist(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 32' | Vic Crowe | 73' |

🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 4 March 1961

🥅 | 7' Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Joe Haverty
🥅 | 20' Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), John Barnwell
⚽ | 32' Goal, 1-2, Peter McParland, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal
⚽ | 73' Goal, 2-2, Jimmy MacEwan, Assist by Vic Crowe
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Arsenal

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 4 March 1961

Joe Mercer's Villa make it thirteen wins, ten at home, six draws and eleven defeats, eight away, in thirty games following their return to the top flight. Meanwhile, full back Doug Winton made his final appearance for Villa aged 31 before moving on to Rochdale in June 1961. Winton played for Villa between 1958-59 and 1960-61 making 50 appearances.

🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1959-61 | 🕒 50 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #467 |

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Aston Villa

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

Arsenal

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1952–53

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #117 |
Saturday, 4 March 1961

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🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: David Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stonehouse, 1959-1974
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
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

🕒 114 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 25 🟥 32 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: David Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stonehouse, 1959-1974
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 30 Apr 1960, Villa 0-3 Plymouth, Home Park
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Jimmy MacEwan replaces Harry Burrows.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.17 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.97 |

Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.28 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, 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 Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

George Swindin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Jack Kelsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Jack Bacuzzi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Billy McCullough | 🇬🇧 |
M John Barnwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Mel Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Gerry Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Joe Haverty | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
F George Eastham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Vic Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jackie Henderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF David Herd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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Substitutes

🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, 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

🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, 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

🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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Arsenal XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, 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

🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 4 Mar 1961, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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