1960–61 Aston Villa F.C. season

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Aston Villa played the 1960–61 English football season in the Football League First Division.

Aston Villa
1960–61 season
ManagerEngland Joe Mercer
StadiumVilla Park
First Division10th
FA CupFifth round
League CupWinners
Charlie Aitken

The League Cup was held for the first time in 1960–61 to provide clubs with a new source of income with Aston Villa winning that inaugural year. Despite an initial lack of enthusiasm on the part of some other big clubs, the competition became firmly established in the footballing calendar. 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.

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.[1] The away fixture was drawn 1-1.[2]

There were debuts for Charlie Aitken (561), John Sleeuwenhoek (226), Alan Baker (92), Geoff Sidebottom (70), Alan O'Neill (23), Fred Potter (6),[3] Jimmy McMorran (14), Alfie Hale (5) and Mike Kenning (3).[4]

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Leicester City[a] 42 18 9 15 87 70 1.243 45 Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
7 Manchester United 42 18 9 15 88 76 1.158 45
8 Aston Villa 42 17 9 16 78 77 1.013 43
9 Blackburn Rovers 42 15 13 14 77 76 1.013 43
10 West Bromwich Albion 42 18 5 19 67 71 0.944 41
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Leicester City qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round as the 1960–61 FA Cup runners-up, since the winners, Tottenham Hotspur, had already qualified for the European Cup.

League Cup

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The 1960–61 Football League Cup was the inaugural knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition ended with the two-legged final almost a year later on 22 August and 5 September 1961. The tournament was won by Aston Villa, who 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 for Aston Villa.

5 League teams did not compete (Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Sheffield Wednesday, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers). 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 15-11-1960 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.

Fourth round

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Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Aston Villa (1) 3–3 Plymouth Argyle (2) 12,117 13-12-1960
Plymouth Argyle (2) 0–0[5] Aston Villa (1) 11,006 19-12-1960
Plymouth Argyle (2) 3–5 Aston Villa (1) 13,548 06-02-1961

Fifth round

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Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Aston Villa (1) 3–0 Wrexham (4) 19,500 22-02-1961

Semi-finals

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The semi-final draw was made in February 1961 after the conclusion of the quarter-finals. Unlike the rounds up to that point, the semi-final ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The matches were played in March, April and May 1961.

Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Burnley (1) 1–1 Aston Villa (1) 15,908 10-04-1961
Aston Villa (1) 2–2 Burnley (1) 23,077 26-04-1961
Aston Villa (1) 2–1 Burnley (1) 7,953 02-05-1961

Final

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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

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Rotherham United2–0Aston Villa
Webster   51'
Kirkman   55'
Millmoor, Rotherham
Attendance: 12,226
Referee: K.A. Collinge
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rotherham United
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aston Villa
1   Roy Ironside
2   Peter Perry
3   Lol Morgan
4   Roy Lambert (c)
5   Peter Madden
6   Ken Waterhouse
7   Barry Webster
8   Don Weston
9   Ken Houghton
10   Alan Kirkman
11   Keith Bambridge
Manager:
  Tom Johnston
1   Nigel Sims
2   Stan Lynn
3   Gordon Lee
4   Vic Crowe (c)
5   Jimmy Dugdale
6   Alan Deakin
7   Jimmy MacEwan
8   Bobby Thomson
9   Ralph Brown
10   Ron Wylie
11   Peter McParland
Manager:
  Joe Mercer

Second leg

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Aston Villa3 – 0 (a.e.t.)Rotherham United
O'Neill   67'
Burrows   69'
McParland   109'
Attendance: 31,202
Referee: C.W. Kingston
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aston Villa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rotherham United
1   Geoff Sidebottom
2   John Neal
3   Gordon Lee
4   Vic Crowe (c)
5   Jimmy Dugdale
6   Alan Deakin
7   Jimmy MacEwan
8   Alan O'Neill
9   Peter McParland
10   Bobby Thomson
11   Harry Burrows
Manager:
  Joe Mercer
1   Roy Ironside
2   Peter Perry
3   Lol Morgan
4   Roy Lambert (c)
5   Peter Madden
6   Ken Waterhouse
7   Barry Webster
8   Don Weston
9   Ken Houghton
10   Alan Kirkman
11   Keith Bambridge
Manager:
  Tom Johnston

References

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General

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  • "English League Cup 1960/1961". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  • "England League Cup Full Results 1960-1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  • "English League Cup 1960-1961 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2009.

Specific

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