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Game #2633

Aston Villa

14-8-14, 36 PTS

Monday, 3 April 1961

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Lost

10th (-2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division One

Bolton Wanderers

11-9-16, 31 PTS

Burnden Park

Attendance: 20,334

🟥 3 Apr 1961, Villa 0-3 Bolton, Burnden Park

Bolton Wanderers

3-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 3 Apr 1961, Villa 0-3 Bolton, Burnden Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 3 April 1961

🟢 | 1' Debut, Jimmy McMorran
💥 | 20' Player injured on field of play, Jimmy Dugdale
🥅 | 22' Goal, 0-1, (Bolton Wanderers), Billy McAdams
🕒 | HT Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 63' Goal, 0-2, (Bolton Wanderers), Billy McAdams
🥅 | 68' Goal, 0-3, (Bolton Wanderers), Billy McAdams
🕒 | FT Bolton Wanderers 3-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 3 Apr 1961, Villa 0-3 Bolton, Burnden Park

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 3 April 1961

Joe Mercer's Villa lose three successive games for the first time this season as they play their fifth game in twelve days and make it fourteen wins, eight draws and fourteen defeats in thirty six games following their return to the top flight. Meanwhile, forward Jimmy McMorran made his debut appearance for Villa aged 18 after joining from school football in June 1958. Whilst, winger Mike Kenning made his third and final appearance for Villa aged 20 before moving on to Shrewsbury Town in May 1961.

🟥 3 Apr 1961, Villa 0-3 Bolton, Burnden Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 F Jimmy McMorran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 W Mike Kenning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1961 | 🕒 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | #482 |

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Aston Villa

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

Bolton Wanderers

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1957-58

Aston Villa

Bolton Wanderers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Bolton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Bolton Wanderers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Bolton Wanderers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 3 Apr 1961, Villa 0-3 Bolton, Burnden Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #123 |
Monday, 3 April 1961

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🟥 3 Apr 1961, Villa 0-3 Bolton, Burnden Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
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

🕒 120 | 🟩 | 58 🟨 27 🟥 35 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟥 3 Apr 1961, Villa 0-3 Bolton, Burnden Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Nigel Sims, Stan Lynn, Alan O’Neill and Jimmy McMorran replace Geoff Sidebottom, John Neal, Bobby Thomson and Ron Wylie.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.72 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.81 |

Youngest Player |
F Jimmy McMorran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 18.44 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 3 Apr 1961, Villa 0-3 Bolton, Burnden Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mike Kenning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jimmy McMorran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |

MANAGER

Bill Ridding | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bolton Wanderers

GK Eddie Hopkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Roy Hartle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Warwick Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Syd Farrimond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Pilkington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Stanley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bryan Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Doug Holden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy McAdams | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Fred Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dennis Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 3 Apr 1961, Villa 0-3 Bolton, Burnden Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 3 Apr 1961, Villa 0-3 Bolton, Burnden 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

🟥 3 Apr 1961, Villa 0-3 Bolton, Burnden 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 Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 3 Apr 1961, Villa 0-3 Bolton, Burnden Park

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 3 Apr 1961, Villa 0-3 Bolton, Burnden Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 3 Apr 1961, Villa 0-3 Bolton, Burnden Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 3 Apr 1961, Villa 0-3 Bolton, Burnden Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 3 Apr 1961, Villa 0-3 Bolton, Burnden Park

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