Game #2634

Aston Villa

15-8-14, 38 PTS

Tuesday, 4 April 1961

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

Bolton Wanderers

Scorer(s) | Jimmy MacEwan | 8' | 61' | Peter McParland | 49' | Alan O’Neill | 89' |

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

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

MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 4 April 1961

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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

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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

PREVIOUS MATCH

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

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 8 Apr 1961, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

Aston Villa

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

Bolton Wanderers

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Bolton Wanderers

All the matches

Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Bolton Wanderers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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

Bolton Wanderers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 18 Nov 1961, Villa 1-1 Bolton, Burnden Park

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

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

MATCH SUMMARY

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

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 121 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 27 🟥 35 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Full Managerial Performance Statistics

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Unknown

CARDS

None

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

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

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

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

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

	Game	Start	Goal	Assist	Win	Draw	Loss	Goal Conceded	Clean Sheet	Yellow	Red
GK Nigel Sims \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FB Gordon Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

	Unused

Squad Bios

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

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Tables & Programmes

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

MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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

MATCH REPORTS

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

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