Game #2628
Aston Villa
13-7-11, 33 PTS
Saturday, 11 March 1961
Drew
8th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
Division One
Birmingham City
11-5-15, 27 PTS
St Andrew's
Attendance: 41,645
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
Birmingham City
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Gordon Lee | 7' |
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 11 March 1961
⚽ | 7' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens, Assist by Gordon Lee
🟨 | 41' Booking, Ron Wylie, Kicking the ball away
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 86' Goal, 1-1, (Birmingham City), Jimmy Singer
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 1-1 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
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 11 March 1961
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #118 |
Saturday, 11 March 1961
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🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴 | Chorley, -1962 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 115 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 26 🟥 32 | 1.71
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jack Kelly | 🏴 | Chorley, -1962 🆘
🆘 Denied Villa a legitimate winner
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨 🟨
REFEREE PROFILE
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
CARDS
🟨
CARDS
🟨
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Gordon Lee replaces Doug Winton.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.76 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 31.99 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.30 |
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
Aston Villa
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 | 🔥 |
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
Gil Merrick | 🏴 |
Birmingham City
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
LB Graham Sissons | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Smith | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Brian Farmer | 🏴 |
M Dick Neal Jr | 🏴 |
M Johnny Watts | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Bloomfield | 🏴 |
W Gordon Astall | 🏴 |
W Brian Taylor | 🏴 |
F Jimmy Singer | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Jimmy Harris | 🏴 |
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
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
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
🕒 | ✅ | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
Birmingham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's
MATCH REPORTS
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🟨 11 Mar 1961, Villa 1-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's