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Game #2634

Aston Villa

15-8-14, 38 PTS

Tuesday, 4 April 1961

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Won

8th (+2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Bolton Wanderers

11-9-17, 31 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 15,990

🟩 4 Apr 1961, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-0

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Bolton Wanderers

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Assist(s) | Peter McParland | 8' | Alan O'Neill | 49' | Gerry Hitchens | 61' | Jimmy MacEwan | 89' |

🟩 4 Apr 1961, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 4 April 1961

🟢 | 1' Debut, John Sleeuwenhoek
⚽ | 8' Goal, 1-0, Jimmy MacEwan, Assist by Peter McParland
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
⚽ | 49' Goal, 2-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Alan O'Neill
⚽ | 61' Goal, 3-0, Jimmy MacEwan, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
⚽ | 89' Goal, 4-0, Alan O'Neill, Assist by Jimmy MacEwan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Bolton Wanderers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 4 Apr 1961, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 4 April 1961

Joe Mercer's Villa win for the first time in five as they play their sixth game in thirteen days. Such is the fixture congestion that Villa play Bolton home and away on successive days, losing 0-3 and then winning 4-0 as they record their biggest League win since December to make it fifteen wins, eight draws and fourteen defeats in thirty seven games following their return to the top flight. Meanwhile, centre back John Sleeuwenhoek made his Villa debut aged 17 after joining from school football in June 1959.

🟩 4 Apr 1961, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟩 4 Apr 1961, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #124 |
Tuesday, 4 April 1961

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🟩 4 Apr 1961, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
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

🕒 121 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 27 🟥 35 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟩 4 Apr 1961, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa 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

🟩 4 Apr 1961, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

John Sleeuwenhoek (debut), Jimmy MacEwan and Ron Wylie replace Jimmy Dugdale, Mike Kenning and Jimmy McMorran.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.50 |

Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.82 |

Youngest Player |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.12 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 4 Apr 1961, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟩 4 Apr 1961, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 4 Apr 1961, Villa 4-0 Bolton, 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 Apr 1961, Villa 4-0 Bolton, 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 Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

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Squad Bios

🟩 4 Apr 1961, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa 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

🟩 4 Apr 1961, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 4 Apr 1961, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
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

🟩 4 Apr 1961, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 4 Apr 1961, Villa 4-0 Bolton, Villa Park

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