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Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa - October 15, 1960 / Division 1 1960/1961

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Division 1 1960/1961 - Round 13

Highbury - London - England

October 15, 1960

Arsenal

2 - 1

Aston Villa

David Herd

54'

Geoff Strong

83'

70'

Jimmy MacEwan

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54' - Goal David Herd54

70' - Goal Jimmy MacEwan

83' - Goal Geoff Strong83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 1

Aston Villa

Arsenal Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Kelsey

Alfred John Kelsey

Wales

B.date19/11/1929

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Docherty

Tommy Docherty

Scotland

B.date24/04/1928

Age32 years

positionDefender

Snedden

John Snedden

Scotland

B.date03/02/1941

Age19 years

positionDefender

Strong83

Geoff Strong

England

B.date19/11/1937

Age22 years

positionLeft central defender

Wills

Len Wills

England

B.date08/11/1927

Age32 years

positionRight full-back

McCullough

Billy McCullough

Northern Ireland

B.date27/07/1935

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Barnwell

John Barnwell

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/12/1938

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Henderson

Jackie Henderson

Scotland

B.date17/01/1932

Age28 years

positionStriker

Clapton

Danny R Clapton

England

B.date22/07/1934

Age26 years

positionRight Winger

Groves

Vic Groves

England

B.date05/11/1932

Age27 years

positionForward

Herd54

David Herd

Scotland

B.date15/04/1934

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alfred John Kelsey		30	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Docherty		32	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Snedden		19	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Strong	83	22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Len Wills		32	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy McCullough		25	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnwell		21	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jackie Henderson		28	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Danny R Clapton		26	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vic Groves		27	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Herd	54	26	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Aston Villa

Sims

David Nigel Sims

England

B.date09/08/1931

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Winton

Doug Winton

Scotland

B.date06/10/1929

Age31 years

positionDefender

Crowe

Victor Crowe

Wales

B.date31/01/1932

Age28 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Neal

John Neal

England

B.date03/04/1932

Age28 years

positionDefender

Morrall

Terry Morrall

England

B.date24/11/1938

Age21 years

positionDefender

Saward

Patrick Saward

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/08/1928

Age32 years

positionDefender

Wylie

Ron Wylie

Scotland

B.date06/08/1933

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Hitchens

Gerald Hitchens

England

B.date08/10/1934

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Thomson

Bobby Thomson

Scotland

B.date21/03/1937

Age23 years

positionForward

MacEwan70

Jimmy MacEwan

Scotland

B.date22/03/1929

Age31 years

positionForward

McParland

Peter McParland

Northern Ireland

B.date25/04/1934

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Nigel Sims		29	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Doug Winton		31	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Victor Crowe		28	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Neal		28	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Morrall		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Patrick Saward		32	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ron Wylie		27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerald Hitchens		26	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Thomson		23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy MacEwan	70	31	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter McParland		26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 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

John Barnwell

Jimmy Bloomfield

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

George Swindin

105

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Swindin vs Aston Villa

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 15, 1960

Swindin vs Mercer

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 15, 1960

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Mercer vs Arsenal

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on October 15, 1960

Mercer vs Swindin

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 15, 1960

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Comments

Key figures

No Aston Villa manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Joe Mercer has reached 52% of wins .

It's the first time Jimmy MacEwan scores 1 goal vs Arsenal in his professional career

Arsenal keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a loss vs Aston Villa at home running (since 10/03/1951). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 10/03/1934 (4 matches)

Read the next 7 key stats

General ranking

-1	7	Fulham	15 pts	13 rd
-1	8	Blackburn	14 pts	13 rd
+2	9	Arsenal	13 pts	13 rd
-1	10	Aston Villa	13 pts	13 rd
+3	11	Birmingham City	12 pts	13 rd

General ranking

-1	8	Blackburn	14 pts	13 rd
+2	9	Arsenal	13 pts	13 rd
-1	10	Aston Villa	13 pts	13 rd
+3	11	Birmingham City	12 pts	13 rd
-2	12	Leicester	12 pts	13 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 1-0 Preston North End23/08/1960

VArsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest27/08/1960

VArsenal 2-0 Birmingham City06/09/1960

LArsenal 2-3 Tottenham10/09/1960

VArsenal 5-0 Newcastle United17/09/1960

VArsenal 1-0 West Bromwich Albion01/10/1960

Overall

LArsenal 2-3 Tottenham10/09/1960

LBirmingham City 2-0 Arsenal14/09/1960

VArsenal 5-0 Newcastle United17/09/1960

LCardiff City 1-0 Arsenal24/09/1960

VArsenal 1-0 West Bromwich Albion01/10/1960

LLeicester 2-1 Arsenal08/10/1960

Current form

Away

LPlymouth 3-0 Aston Villa30/04/1960

LWest Ham 5-2 Aston Villa22/08/1960

LBlackpool 5-3 Aston Villa27/08/1960

DCardiff City 1-1 Aston Villa07/09/1960

LBlackburn 4-1 Aston Villa10/09/1960

LTottenham 6-2 Aston Villa24/09/1960

Overall

VAston Villa 2-1 Cardiff City12/09/1960

VAston Villa 3-1 Manchester United17/09/1960

LTottenham 6-2 Aston Villa24/09/1960

LAston Villa 1-3 Leicester01/10/1960

VAston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United08/10/1960

VAston Villa 4-1 Huddersfield Town12/10/1960

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	9	7
Scoring streak	16	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	9	0
Drawless streak	2	7
Scoring streak	5	13
Conceding streak	10	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

11	General ranking (Competition total)	9
7	General ranking (Home / Away)	19

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

12	Number of games (Competition total)	12
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
5	Victories (Competition total)	6
5	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
6	Losses (Competition total)	5
1	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

17	Goals scored (Competition total)	25
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	31
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.42	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.08
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.8
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.58
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	4.2

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-5 (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

David Herd	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Gerald Hitchens
David Herd	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Gerald Hitchens
David Herd	6 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	9 goals during the last 12 matches	Gerald Hitchens

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

24 v

7 d

14 l

76 gf

53 ga

Away

43 matches

10 v

9 d

24 l

59 gf

94 ga

Total

88 matches

34 v

16 d

38 l

135 gf

147 ga

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

24 v

9 d

10 l

94 gf

59 ga

Away

45 matches

14 v

7 d

24 l

53 gf

76 ga

Total

88 matches

38 v

16 d

34 l

147 gf

135 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 14, 1935
Home	5 - 0	April 01, 1933

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	August 28, 1920
Away	5 - 2	November 24, 1928

Latest head to head

December 13, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Arsenal

1 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 22, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Aston Villa

1 - 2

Arsenal

December 26, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Aston Villa

3 - 0

Arsenal

October 02, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Arsenal

4 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 16, 1957 - Division 1 1956/1957

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Ted Drake	8 goals	1935 - 1935
Cliff Bastin	2 goals	1934 - 1935
Gerry Ward	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Jackie Henderson	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Pat Beasley	1 goal	1935 - 1935
Gordon Nutt	1 goal	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

	Peter McParland	2 goals	1958 - 1958
	Bill Myerscough	1 goal	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

George Male	3 matches	1934 - 1935
Herbie Roberts	3 matches	1934 - 1935
Cliff Bastin	3 matches	1934 - 1935
Edris Hapgood	3 matches	1934 - 1935
Jack Crayston	3 matches	1934 - 1935
Ted Drake	3 matches	1934 - 1935

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Victor Crowe	2 matches	1958 - 1958
Peter McParland	2 matches	1958 - 1958
Bill Myerscough	2 matches	1958 - 1958
Les Smith	2 matches	1958 - 1958
Jimmy Dugdale	2 matches	1958 - 1958
John Jackie Sewell	2 matches	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

October 15, 1960

Birmingham City

1 0

Chelsea

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Tottenham	25	13	12	1	0	41	12	+29
2	Sheffield Wednesday	21	12	9	3	0	23	7	+16
3	Burnley	18	13	9	0	4	34	19	+15
4	Everton	18	13	8	2	3	31	21	+10
+35	Manchester City	16	12	6	4	2	25	20	+5
-16	Wolverhampton	16	13	6	4	3	26	24	+2
-17	Fulham	15	13	7	1	5	29	33	-4
-18	Blackburn	14	13	6	2	5	28	26	+2
+29	Arsenal	13	13	6	1	6	19	14	+5
-110	Aston Villa	13	13	6	1	6	26	33	-7
+311	Birmingham City	12	13	5	2	6	21	21	0
-212	Leicester	12	13	5	2	6	23	24	-1
+313	Preston North End	12	13	5	2	6	16	20	-4
+114	Newcastle United	11	13	5	1	7	29	34	-5
-315	West Ham	11	13	5	1	7	26	33	-7
+216	West Bromwich Albion	10	13	5	0	8	23	22	+1
-417	Chelsea	10	12	4	2	6	28	29	-1
-118	Cardiff City	9	13	3	3	7	14	24	-10
+119	Bolton Wanderers	8	13	3	2	8	17	24	-7
-120	Manchester United	6	11	2	2	7	20	27	-7
21	Nottingham Forest	6	12	2	2	8	14	27	-13
22	Blackpool	4	13	1	2	10	15	34	-19

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Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa - October 15, 1960 / Division 1 1960/1961

Arsenal

2 - 1

Aston Villa

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

Swindin vs Aston Villa

Swindin vs Mercer

Manager

Mercer vs Arsenal

Mercer vs Swindin

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 Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking