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Aston Villa 2-1 Cardiff City - September 12, 1960 / Division 1 1960/1961

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Division 1 1960/1961 - Round 8

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

September 12, 1960

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Cardiff City

Bobby Thomson

Harry Burrows

Peter Donnelly

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0' - Goal Bobby Thomson photo Harry Burrows

0' - Goal Harry Burrows0

0' - Goal Peter Donnelly

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Cardiff City

Aston Villa Cardiff City

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Sims

David Nigel Sims

England

B.date09/08/1931

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Neal

John Neal

England

B.date03/04/1932

Age28 years

positionDefender

Morrall

Terry Morrall

England

B.date24/11/1938

Age21 years

positionDefender

Crowe

Victor Crowe

Wales

B.date31/01/1932

Age28 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Winton

Doug Winton

Scotland

B.date06/10/1929

Age30 years

positionDefender

Deakin

Alan Deakin

England

B.date27/11/1941

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Wylie

Ron Wylie

Scotland

B.date06/08/1933

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

MacEwan

Jimmy MacEwan

Scotland

B.date22/03/1929

Age31 years

positionForward

Thomson0

Bobby Thomson

Scotland

B.date21/03/1937

Age23 years

positionForward

Burrows0

Harry Burrows

England

B.date17/03/1941

Age19 years

positionWinger

Hitchens

Gerald Hitchens

England

B.date08/10/1934

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	David Nigel Sims	29	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Neal	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Morrall	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Victor Crowe	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Doug Winton	30	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Deakin	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ron Wylie	27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy MacEwan	31	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Thomson	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Harry Burrows	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerald Hitchens	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Cardiff City

Vearcombe

Graham Vearcombe

Wales

B.date28/03/1934

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Malloy

Danny Malloy

Scotland

B.date06/11/1930

Age29 years

positionDefender

Harrington

Alan Harrington

Wales

B.date17/11/1933

Age26 years

positionDefender

Milne

Alexander Milne

Scotland

B.date04/06/1937

Age23 years

positionDefender

Baker

Colin Baker

Wales

B.date18/12/1934

Age25 years

positionDefender

Moore

Graham Moore

Wales

B.date07/03/1941

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Gammon

Steve Gammon

Wales

B.date24/09/1939

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Donnelly0

Peter Donnelly

England

B.date22/09/1936

Age23 years

positionForward

Walsh

Brian Walsh

England

B.date26/03/1932

Age28 years

positionForward

Tapscott

Derek Tapscott

Wales

B.date30/06/1932

Age28 years

positionForward

Watkins

Johnny Watkins

England

B.date09/04/1933

Age27 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Graham Vearcombe	26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Malloy	29	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Harrington	26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alexander Milne	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Baker	25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Moore	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Gammon	20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Donnelly	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Walsh	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Tapscott	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Watkins	27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Terry Morrall

Patrick Saward

OUT

Doug Winton

Jimmy Dugdale

OUT

Alan Deakin

Stan Lynn

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Mercer vs Cardiff City

4 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 12, 1960

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Videos

Comments

Key figures

No Aston Villa manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Joe Mercer has done less than 1.47 goals scored per game in Premier League.

Aston Villa keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a draw vs Cardiff City at home in Premier League running (since 14/04/1928). It's a record streak. The first of history

Aston Villa keeps its 15 consecutive matches without a draw vs Cardiff City in Premier League running (since 03/12/1927). It's a record streak. The first of history

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General ranking

	4	Manchester City	9 pts	6 rd
	5	Blackburn	9 pts	7 rd
+5	6	Aston Villa	9 pts	8 rd
-1	7	Burnley	8 pts	7 rd
-1	8	Everton	8 pts	7 rd

General ranking

13	Newcastle United	6 pts	7 rd
14	Birmingham City	6 pts	7 rd
15	Cardiff City	6 pts	8 rd
16	Preston North End	6 pts	7 rd
17	Bolton Wanderers	5 pts	7 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 2-1 Bristol City09/04/1960

VAston Villa 2-1 Stoke City18/04/1960

VAston Villa 3-0 Rotherham United23/04/1960

VAston Villa 3-2 Chelsea20/08/1960

VAston Villa 2-1 West Ham29/08/1960

VAston Villa 3-2 Everton03/09/1960

Overall

LWest Ham 5-2 Aston Villa22/08/1960

LBlackpool 5-3 Aston Villa27/08/1960

VAston Villa 2-1 West Ham29/08/1960

VAston Villa 3-2 Everton03/09/1960

DCardiff City 1-1 Aston Villa07/09/1960

LBlackburn 4-1 Aston Villa10/09/1960

Current form

Away

DSwansea 3-3 Cardiff City26/03/1960

VStoke City 0-1 Cardiff City09/04/1960

DSunderland 1-1 Cardiff City23/04/1960

DFulham 2-2 Cardiff City20/08/1960

LSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Cardiff City31/08/1960

VBurnley 1-2 Cardiff City03/09/1960

Overall

LCardiff City 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday24/08/1960

VCardiff City 2-0 Preston North End27/08/1960

LSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Cardiff City31/08/1960

VBurnley 1-2 Cardiff City03/09/1960

DCardiff City 1-1 Aston Villa07/09/1960

LCardiff City 1-3 Nottingham Forest10/09/1960

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	10	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	6	1
Scoring streak	26	7
Conceding streak	3	8

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	4	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

11	General ranking (Competition total)	15
7	General ranking (Home / Away)	9

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
3	Victories (Competition total)	2
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	3
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
2.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.14
2.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
2.86	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.43
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
3-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Gerald Hitchens	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Derek Tapscott
Gerald Hitchens	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Graham Moore
Gerald Hitchens	8 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 5 matches	Derek Tapscott

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

9 v

1 d

6 l

28 gf

18 ga

Away

16 matches

6 v

1 d

9 l

19 gf

20 ga

Total

32 matches

15 v

2 d

15 l

47 gf

38 ga

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

9 v

1 d

6 l

20 gf

19 ga

Away

16 matches

6 v

1 d

9 l

18 gf

28 ga

Total

32 matches

15 v

2 d

15 l

38 gf

47 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	January 12, 1929
Home	6 - 1	January 12, 1929

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 28, 1922
Away	2 - 0	December 04, 1954

Latest head to head

September 07, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Cardiff City

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

April 16, 1960 - Division 2 1959/1960

Cardiff City

1 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 12, 1959 - Division 2 1959/1960

Aston Villa

2 - 0

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

April 03, 1957 - Division 1 1956/1957

Cardiff City

1 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 13, 1957 - Division 1 1956/1957

Aston Villa

4 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

Best historical scorers against Cardiff City

Victor Crowe

1 goal

1960 - 1960

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Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Derek Tapscott

1 goal

1960 - 1960

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Players with most games played vs Cardiff City

Ron Wylie	1 match	1960 - 1960
Jimmy Adam	1 match	1960 - 1960
David Nigel Sims	1 match	1960 - 1960
John Neal	1 match	1960 - 1960
Victor Crowe	1 match	1960 - 1960
Jimmy MacEwan	1 match	1960 - 1960

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Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Alexander Milne	1 match	1960 - 1960
Alan Harrington	1 match	1960 - 1960
Steve Gammon	1 match	1960 - 1960
Brian Walsh	1 match	1960 - 1960
Brian Edgley	1 match	1960 - 1960
Graham Vearcombe	1 match	1960 - 1960

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Competition info

The other matches

September 13, 1960

Fulham

1 0

Nottingham

Line-ups available

Preston NE

2 3

Burnley

Line-ups available

September 14, 1960

Line-ups available

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September 19, 1960

Blackburn

3 1

Chelsea

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Tottenham	14	7	7	0	0	21	7	+14
2	Sheffield Wednesday	12	7	5	2	0	9	2	+7
3	Wolverhampton	11	7	5	1	1	17	11	+6
4	Manchester City	9	6	3	3	0	11	6	+5
5	Blackburn	9	7	4	1	2	19	15	+4
+56	Aston Villa	9	8	4	1	3	17	21	-4
-17	Burnley	8	7	4	0	3	14	9	+5
-18	Everton	8	7	4	0	3	16	12	+4
-19	Arsenal	7	7	3	1	3	10	8	+2
-110	Chelsea	7	7	3	1	3	18	18	0
-111	Fulham	7	6	3	1	2	14	17	-3
12	West Ham	6	7	3	0	4	14	14	0
13	Newcastle United	6	7	3	0	4	16	18	-2
14	Birmingham City	6	7	2	2	3	10	12	-2
15	Cardiff City	6	8	2	2	4	9	12	-3
16	Preston North End	6	7	3	0	4	9	13	-4
17	Bolton Wanderers	5	7	2	1	4	10	12	-2
18	Leicester	4	7	1	2	4	11	16	-5
19	Nottingham Forest	4	6	1	2	3	7	13	-6
20	Manchester United	3	6	1	1	4	8	14	-6
21	Blackpool	3	7	1	1	5	9	16	-7
22	West Bromwich Albion	2	7	1	0	6	11	14	-3

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Aston Villa 2-1 Cardiff City - September 12, 1960 / Division 1 1960/1961

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Cardiff City

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Mercer vs Cardiff City

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Cardiff City

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Players with most games played vs Cardiff City

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking