Game #2637
Aston Villa
16-9-14, 41 PTS
Saturday, 15 April 1961
Won
8th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
Division One
Preston North End
10-8-21, 28 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 25,703
🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0
Preston North End
Assist(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 59' |
🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 April 1961
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Preston North End
🟨 | 55' Booking, Gerry Hitchens
⚽ | 59' Goal, 1-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Preston North End
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
🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 15 April 1961
Villa beat struggling Preston in a bad tempered game to climb back to 8th in the table.
Joe Mercer's Villa enjoy a relative holiday as they have a five day gap between games but they still play their eight game in twenty two days to make it sixteen wins, nine draws and fourteen defeats in thirty nine games following their return to the top flight.
🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Preston North End
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1937–38
🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #52 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #127 |
Saturday, 15 April 1961
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🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴 | Colchester, 1957-1963
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 124 | 🟩 | 60 🟨 29 🟥 35 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ken Aston | 🏴 | Colchester, 1957-1963
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨 Gerry Hitchens
CARDS
🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Harry Burrows, Bobby Thomson and Jimmy McMorran replace Vic Crowe, Peter McParland and Ron Wylie.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.70 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 32.85 |
Youngest Player |
F Jimmy McMorran | 🏴 | 18.47 |
🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔥 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 |
F Jimmy McMorran | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Cliff Britton | 🏴 |
Preston North End
GK Fred Else | 🏴 |
RB Willie Cunningham | 🏴 |
CB Tony Singleton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M John Wylie | 🏴 |
M John O’Neill | 🇮🇪 |
M Frank O’Farrell | 🇮🇪 |
M Johnny Fullam | 🇮🇪 |
W Les Dagger | 🏴 |
W Peter Thompson | 🏴 |
W Derek Mayers | 🏴 |
CF Alec Alston | 🏴 |
🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, 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
🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
Preston XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 4 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 15 Apr 1961, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park