If the first game was defined by fog then the replay was all about mud. So much mud that with the full time score at 0-0 the referee declined to play the additional 30 minutes extra time as the surface was simply unplayable. Another replay beckoned to earn a place in the League Cup Quarter Finals.

Joe Mercer's Villa have to settle for a goal-less draw in the League Cup fourth round replay at Home Park ahead of a second replay - once again at second division Plymouth. 

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Fred Potter made his Villa debut aged 20 after joining from Cradley Heath Juniors in June 1956.

A fourth game in nine days sees Villa lose for the second time in two days against Wolves as Doug 'Jock' Winton concedes a handball penalty midway through the second half to put the homeside three up before a Gerry Hitchens inspired fightback doesn't quite level matters.

Joe Mercer's Villa make it successive defeats as their fixture congestion begins to bite. Villa had now played five times in the last thirteen days including twice in the last three to make it thirteen wins, ten at home, two draws, both away and nine defeats, seven away, in twenty four games following their return to the top flight.

Villa go 2-0 up through Gerry Hitchens but Blackpool score a minute after halftime and a minute before fulltime to take a barely deserved draw from Villa Park.

Joe Mercer's Villa end 1960 with just three defeats in their last sixteen make it thirteen wins, ten at home, three draws and nine defeats, seven away, in twenty five games following their return to the top flight. 

Villa's return to division one had been an unqualified success so far as a small squad had dealt admirably with a fixture pile up to record some impressive League results and to progress in the inaugural League Cup ahead of their first FA Cup fixtures of the season.

It's 12 days since their last game as the game scheduled for the previous weekend - Everton away - was called off an hour before kick off due to fog. Although the rest was welcomed the coming fixture list already looks saturated with Villa in both cup competitions and needing to complete eighteen more League matches before the scheduled end of the campaign in April.

Villa fall two behind before Gerry Hitchens equals Johnny Dixon's post-war scoring record of 28 goals with an equalising brace. Villa remain 6th.

Joe Mercer's Villa with just three defeats in their last nineteen make it thirteen wins, ten at home, four draws and nine defeats, seven away, in twenty six games following their return to the top flight.

A match hosted on little more than a bog results in Villa needing a replay with Peterborough meaning they have faced the first of four games in the next nine games, three in the Cups, one in the League.

Villa face Peterborough United for the first time in competitive football, Peterborough become the 89th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

Joe Mercer's Villa can only draw with fourth division Peterborough in the FA Cup third round at London Road but now have just three defeats in twenty.

Such was the fervour from Peterborough that 10,000 fans were locked out ahead of kick off and Posh did little to temper their expectations as the robust fourth division side but on a stirring display in defeat.

Joe Mercer's Villa see off fourth division Peterborough in the FA Cup third round replay to make it just three defeats in twenty one. 

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Fred Potter made his sixth and final appearance for Villa aged 20 before moving on to Doncaster Rovers in July 1962.