1960–61 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season Aston Villa 1960–61 Joe Mercer Chris Buckley Villa Park First Division 10th FA Cup Fifth round League Cup Winners 1959-60 1961–62 History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961) List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics thumb|right|150px|Charlie Aitken The 1960–61 English football season was Aston Villa's 62nd season in The Football League. Villa played in the First Division. In the Second City derby Aston Villa beat Birmingham City 6–2 at Villa Park, Peter McParland, Gerry Hitchens(3), and Alan O’Neill(2) scoring for Villa.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2600 Aston Villa 6-2 Birmingham City, 1960-61 Division One, 22 Oct 1960 The away fixture was drawn 1-1.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2628 Birmingham City 1-1 Aston Villa, 1960-61 Division One, 11 Mar 1961 There were debuts for Charlie Aitken (561), John Sleeuwenhoek (226), Alan Baker (92), Geoff Sidebottom (70), Alan O'Neill (23), Fred Potter (6),https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/fred-potter Fred Potter, Villa Goalkeeper, 1960-61 Jimmy McMorran (14),https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/jimmy-mcmorran Alfie Hale (5) and Mike Kenning (3).https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/villa-seasons Aston Villa's Seasons AVFC History December 2014 April 2023 League Cup 1960–61 League Cup The League Cup was a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs introduced to provide a new source of income. The 1960–61 Football League Cup was the inaugural season. Five League teams did not compete (Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Sheffield Wednesday, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers). Despite an initial lack of enthusiasm on the part of some other big clubs, the competition became firmly established in the footballing calendar. Villa received a bye to the second round and, on 12 October, beat Huddersfield Town 4–1 at home before a crowd of 17,057. On 15 Nov 1960 7,677 watched Preston North End draw 3–3 with travelling Villa. The Villains won the home replay 3–1 in front of 15,000. The competition ended with the two-legged final almost a year later on 22 August and 5 September 1961. Villa beat Rotherham United 3–2 on aggregate after extra time. Rotherham won the first leg 2–0 at Millmoor, their home ground thanks to goals from Alan Kirkman and Barry Webster. In the second leg at Villa Park, Harry Burrows and Peter McParland levelled the tie on aggregate and Alan O'Neill scored in extra-time to win the cup. Date Opponent Venue Result Notes Scorers 12 Oct 1960 Huddersfield Villa Park 4–1 W 2nd Round Gerry Hitchens 19'; Ron Wylie 27', 55'; Harry Burrows 78' 15 Nov 1960 Preston Deepdale 3–3 D 3rd Round Alan O’Neill 5'; Gerry Hitchens 40'; Bobby Thomson 85' 23 Nov 1960 Preston Villa Park 3–1 W 3rd Round replay Gerry Hitchens 30'; Ron Wylie 58'; Jimmy MacEwan 82' 13 Dec 1960 Plymouth Villa Park 3–3 D 4th Round Peter McParland 48', 56'; Jimmy MacEwan 70' 19 Dec 1960 Plymouth Home Park 0–0 D 4th Round replay — 6 Feb 1961 Plymouth Home Park 5–3 W 4th Round 2nd replay Harry Burrows 45'; Alan O’Neill 59'; Gerry Hitchens 63', 70', 88' 22 Feb 1961 Wrexham Villa Park 3–0 W Quarter-final Bobby Thomson 61'; Gerry Hitchens 67', 77' 10 Apr 1961 Burnley Turf Moor 1–1 D Semi-final Gerry Hitchens 35' 26 Apr 1961 Burnley Villa Park 2–2 D Semi-final replay Gerry Hitchens 14'; Bobby Thomson 21' 2 May 1961 Burnley Old Trafford 2–1 W Semi-final 2nd replay Stan Lynn 69' (pen); Gerry Hitchens 87' Final 1961 Football League Cup Final The 1961 League Cup Final was played on 22 August and 5 September 1961 and was contested between First Division side Aston Villa and Second Division team Rotherham United. Aston Villa won the game 3–2 on aggregate (after extra time). First leg 22 August 1961 Rotherham United 2–0 Aston Villa Webster 51 Kirkman 55 Millmoor, Rotherham 12,226 K.A. Collinge _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder _redsides _redtop FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF Rotherham United _claretborder _vneckclaret _claretborder _band_claret 88A7E0 88A7E0 88A7E0 FFFFFF 88A7E0 Aston Villa 1 England Roy Ironside2 England Peter Perry3 England Lol Morgan4 England Roy Lambert (c)5 England Peter Madden6 England Ken Waterhouse7 England Barry Webster8 England Don Weston9 England Ken Houghton10England Alan Kirkman11England Keith BambridgeManager:Scotland Tom Johnston 1 England Nigel Sims2 England Stan Lynn3 England Gordon Lee4 Wales Vic Crowe (c)5 England Jimmy Dugdale6 England Alan Deakin7 Scotland Jimmy MacEwan8 Scotland Bobby Thomson9 England Ralph Brown10Scotland Ron Wylie11Northern Ireland Peter McParlandManager:England Joe Mercer Second leg 5 September 1961 Aston Villa 3–0 yes Rotherham United O'Neill 67 Burrows 69 McParland 109 Villa Park, Birmingham 31,202 C.W. Kingston _claretborder _vneckblue _claretborder _band_blue 88A7E0 970045 88A7E0 FFFFFF 970045 Aston Villa _redborder _vneckred _redborder _red_stripes _redtop FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Rotherham United 1 England Geoff Sidebottom2 England John Neal3 England Gordon Lee4 Wales Vic Crowe (c)5 England Jimmy Dugdale6 England Alan Deakin7 Scotland Jimmy MacEwan8 England Alan O'Neill9 Northern Ireland Peter McParland10Scotland Bobby Thomson11England Harry BurrowsManager:England Joe Mercer 1 England Roy Ironside2 England Peter Perry3 England Lol Morgan4 England Roy Lambert (c)5 England Peter Madden6 England Ken Waterhouse7 England Barry Webster8 England Don Weston9 England Ken Houghton10England Alan Kirkman11England Keith BambridgeManager:Scotland Tom Johnston First Division 1960–61 Football League y AVL Matches Date Opponent Venue Result Notes Scorers 20 Aug 1960 Chelsea H 3–2 — Peter McParland, Gerry Hitchens, Bobby Thomson https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2586 22 Aug 1960 West Ham A 2–5 — Bobby Thomson, Gerry Hitchens https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2587 27 Aug 1960 Blackpool A 3–5 — Peter McParland, Gerry Hitchens (2) https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2588 29 Aug 1960 West Ham H 2–1 — Gerry Hitchens, Bobby Thomson https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2589 3 Sep 1960 Everton H 3–2 — Gerry Hitchens (2), Bobby Thomson https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2590 7 Sep 1960 Cardiff City A 1–1 — Vic Crowe https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2591 10 Sep 1960 Blackburn A 1–4 — Gerry Hitchens https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2592 12 Sep 1960 Cardiff City H 2–1 — Bobby Thomson, Harry Burrows https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2593 17 Sep 1960 Manchester United H 3–1 — Harry Burrows, Bobby Thomson, Jimmy MacEwan https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2594 24 Sep 1960 Tottenham Hotspur A 2–6 — Jimmy MacEwan, Gerry Hitchens https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2595 1 Oct 1960 Leicester City H 1–3 — Peter McParland https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2596 8 Oct 1960 Newcastle United H 2–0 — Ron Wylie, Vic Crowe https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2597 15 Oct 1960 Arsenal A 1–2 — Jimmy MacEwan https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2598 22 Oct 1960 Birmingham City H 6–2 — Alan O’Neill (2), Gerry Hitchens (3), Peter McParland https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2599 29 Oct 1960 West Bromwich Albion A 2–0 — Gerry Hitchens, Alan O’Neill https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2600 5 Nov 1960 Burnley H 2–0 — Gerry Hitchens (2) https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2601 12 Nov 1960 Preston North End A 1–1 — Peter McParland https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2602 19 Nov 1960 Fulham H 2–1 — Jimmy MacEwan, Ron Wylie https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2605 26 Nov 1960 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–1 — Own goal, Gerry Hitchens https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2606 3 Dec 1960 Manchester City H 5–1 — Alan O’Neill, Gerry Hitchens (2), Peter McParland, Ron Wylie https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2607 10 Dec 1960 Nottingham Forest A 0–2 — — https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2608 17 Dec 1960 Chelsea A 4–2 — Jimmy MacEwan, Ron Wylie, Bobby Thomson (2) https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2609 24 Dec 1960 Wolves H 0–2 — — https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2610 26 Dec 1960 Wolves A 2–3 — Gerry Hitchens (2) https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2609 31 Dec 1960 Blackpool H 2–2 — Gerry Hitchens (2) https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2610 21 Jan 1961 Blackburn H 2–2 — Gerry Hitchens (2) 4 Feb 1961 Manchester United A 1–1 — Bobby Thomson 11 Feb 1961 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–2 — Stan Lynn (pen) 25 Feb 1961 Newcastle United A 1–2 — Peter McParland 4 Mar 1961 Arsenal H 2–2 — Peter McParland, Jimmy MacEwan 11 Mar 1961 Birmingham City A 1–1 — Gerry Hitchens 22 Mar 1961 Everton A 2–1 — Alan Deakin, Bobby Thomson 25 Mar 1961 Burnley A 1–1 — Gerry Hitchens 28 Mar 1961 West Bromwich Albion H 0–1 — — 1 Apr 1961 Nottingham Forest H 1–2 — Peter McParland 3 Apr 1961 Bolton Wanderers A 0–3 — — 4 Apr 1961 Bolton Wanderers H 4–0 — Jimmy MacEwan (2), Peter McParland, Alan O’Neill 8 Apr 1961 Fulham A 1–1 — Gerry Hitchens 15 Apr 1961 Preston North End H 1–0 — Bobby Thomson 19 Apr 1961 Leicester City A 1–3 — Alfie Hale 22 Apr 1961 Manchester City A 1–4 — Vic Crowe 29 Apr 1961 Sheffield Wednesday H 4–1 — Gerry Hitchens (2), Bobby Thomson, Johnny Dixon FA Cup 1960–61 FA Cup Third round The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 7 January 1961. Nine matches were drawn and went to replays, with two of these requiring a second replay. Oxford United was the last non-league club left in the competition. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate19Bristol Rovers1–1Aston Villa7 January 1961ReplayAston Villa4–0Bristol Rovers9 January 1961 Fourth round The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 28 January 1961, with three games postponed until 1 February. Six matches were drawn and went to replays, which were all played in the following midweek match, and one of these was then replayed a second time. Tottenham Hotspur and Crewe Alexandra were drawn together for the second consecutive season in the fourth round, with Tottenham having beaten Crewe 13–2 in a replay the one year earlier. The fourth round match between second division Luton Town and first division Manchester City at Kenilworth Road was originally played on Saturday 28 January 1961. It saw Luton Town take a 2–0 lead before Denis Law scored 6 goals for Manchester City. The match was then abandoned at 6–2 to Manchester City due to a waterlogged pitch. When the match was held again 4 days later on Wednesday 1 February 1961, Luton Town beat Manchester City 3–1.Ward Andrew Football's Strangest Matches: Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of football 2010 Portico London 1907554084 76 Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate15Peterborough United1–1Aston Villa28 January 1961ReplayAston Villa2–1Peterborough United1 February 1961 Fifth round The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 18 February 1961. One match went to a replay in the following mid-week fixture. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate2Aston Villa0–2Tottenham Hotspur18 February 1961 References General http://www.soccerbase.com/tournaments/tournament.sd?tourn_id=525 English League Cup 1960/1961 2009-02-03 Soccerbase https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engleagcuphistfull.html England League Cup Full Results 1960-1996 2009-02-03 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation https://web.archive.org/web/20090221012511/http://rsssf.com/tablese/engleagcuphistfull.html 21 February 2009 live http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-cup/1960-1961/results English League Cup 1960-1961 : Results 2009-02-03 Statto https://web.archive.org/web/20120302214229/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-cup/1960-1961/results 2 March 2012 live Specific Category:Aston Villa F.C. seasons Aston Villa F.C. season