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ASTON VILLA 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Apr 01, 1961 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 01, 1961 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Villa Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: AVFCHistory.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1960-61
Referee:: C Duxbury
Attendance:: 25,469
Pos Before/After:: 16 14
Opp Before/After:: 7 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Burnley (League Tier 1)
Aston Villa:: Apr 23, 1962

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2275 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 899 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2504 (of 5724)
Total:: 3684 (of 7505)
Played:: 63 years, 25 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Andy Beattie
Prior form: LWDLDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Colin Booth
Johnny Quigley

ASTON VILLA
Manager: Joe Mercer
Prior form: LDDWDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Peter McParland

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	18	Peter Grummitt
2	D	25	Roy Patrick
3	D	32	Joe McDonald
4	M	20	Calvin Palmer
5	D	28	Bob McKinlay
6	F	25	Jim Iley
7	M	20	Billy Cobb
8	F	26	Colin Booth
9	F	19	Geoff Vowden
10	F	25	Johnny Quigley
11	F	18	Flip Le Flem

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Geoff Sidebottom
2	D	John Neal
3	D	Gordon Lee
4	D	Jimmy Dugdale
5	D	Vic Crowe
6	M	Alan Deakin
7	M	Mike Kenning
8	M	Peter McParland
9	M	Gerry Hitchens
10	F	Bobby Thomson
11	F	Ron Wylie

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 01, 1961)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Blackburn Rovers	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Blackpool	0-1	West Bromwich Albion
Bolton Wanderers	1-1	Arsenal
Chelsea	6-1	Cardiff City
Everton	1-0	Birmingham City
Leicester City	2-2	Burnley
Manchester United	3-1	Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur	5-0	Preston North End
West Ham United	1-1	Newcastle United
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-0	Manchester City

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	35	26	4	5	98	44	12	3	2	56	25	14	1	3	42	19	2.22727	56	DWLLDW	Safe
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	35	22	9	4	69	35	15	2	1	41	12	7	7	3	28	23	1.97143	53	WDWWWW	Safe
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	21	7	8	90	66	15	2	1	56	27	6	5	7	34	39	1.36364	49	LLWDWD	Safe
	4	Burnley	33	18	5	10	87	59	9	3	6	50	36	9	2	4	37	23	1.47458	41	WDDDDW
	5	Everton	36	17	5	14	69	64	10	3	4	35	19	7	2	10	34	45	1.07813	39	WLWLLW
	6	Blackburn Rovers	36	14	9	13	68	66	11	2	5	43	28	3	7	8	25	38	1.03030	37	WDWWDL
	7	Aston Villa	34	14	8	12	65	63	10	3	4	38	25	4	5	8	27	38	1.03175	36	LDDWDL
	8	Arsenal	36	13	10	13	68	70	10	3	5	38	28	3	7	8	30	42	.97143	36	LDDDDD
	9	Leicester City	33	14	6	13	65	56	8	3	3	36	21	6	3	10	29	35	1.16071	34	WWWLDL
	10	Cardiff City	35	13	8	14	52	64	11	3	5	32	24	2	5	9	20	40	.81250	34	WWLWLL
	11	Manchester United	35	13	7	15	65	68	10	4	2	40	15	3	3	13	25	53	.95588	33	LWDDLL
	12	West Bromwich Albion	36	14	4	18	57	66	8	2	8	37	30	6	2	10	20	36	.86364	32	LWWWWW
	13	Birmingham City	35	13	6	16	55	69	9	4	4	31	24	4	2	12	24	45	.79710	32	LDLWDW
	14	Chelsea	35	12	7	16	82	85	7	5	4	46	38	5	2	12	36	47	.96471	31	LWDDWL
	15	West Ham United	35	13	5	17	69	75	12	2	4	50	27	1	3	13	19	48	.92000	31	LLLLDW
	16	Nottingham Forest	35	12	7	16	50	65	7	5	6	28	29	5	2	10	22	36	.76923	31	LWDLDL
	17	Fulham	36	12	6	18	61	83	8	6	5	37	37	4	0	13	24	46	.73494	30	WLDWDD
	18	Bolton Wanderers	34	10	8	16	49	60	7	3	7	30	26	3	5	9	19	34	.81667	28	LLWDLD
	19	Blackpool	35	10	7	18	60	64	8	2	8	39	29	2	5	10	21	35	.93750	27	WDLDWW
	20	Manchester City	34	10	7	17	65	80	8	4	6	34	27	2	3	11	31	53	.81250	27	LWLLDL
	21	Preston North End	35	10	7	18	38	57	7	4	6	24	18	3	3	12	14	39	.66667	27	WLWDDW
	22	Newcastle United	36	9	8	19	75	98	6	7	6	47	44	3	1	13	28	54	.76531	26	WLDWLL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	36	27	4	5	103	44	13	3	2	61	25	14	1	3	42	19	2.34091	58	WLLDWW	Safe	5-0
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	36	22	10	4	70	36	15	2	1	41	12	7	8	3	29	24	1.94444	54	DWWWWD	Safe	1-1
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	22	7	8	91	66	16	2	1	57	27	6	5	7	34	39	1.37879	51	LWDWDW	Safe	1-0
	4	Burnley	34	18	6	10	89	61	9	3	6	50	36	9	3	4	39	25	1.45902	42	DDDDWD	Safe	2-2
	5	Everton	37	18	5	14	70	64	11	3	4	36	19	7	2	10	34	45	1.09375	41	LWLLWW	Safe	1-0
	6	Blackburn Rovers	37	14	10	13	69	67	11	3	5	44	29	3	7	8	25	38	1.02985	38	DWWDLD		1-1
1	7	Arsenal	37	13	11	13	69	71	10	3	5	38	28	3	8	8	31	43	.97183	37	DDDDDD		1-1
1	8	Aston Villa	35	14	8	13	66	65	10	3	5	39	27	4	5	8	27	38	1.01538	36	DDWDLL		1-2
	9	Leicester City	34	14	7	13	67	58	8	4	3	38	23	6	3	10	29	35	1.15517	35	WWLDLD		2-2
1	10	Manchester United	36	14	7	15	68	69	11	4	2	43	16	3	3	13	25	53	.98551	35	WDDLLW		3-1
1	11	West Bromwich Albion	37	15	4	18	58	66	8	2	8	37	30	7	2	10	21	36	.87879	34	WWWWWW		1-0
2	12	Cardiff City	36	13	8	15	53	70	11	3	5	32	24	2	5	10	21	46	.75714	34	WLWLLL		1-6
1	13	Chelsea	36	13	7	16	88	86	8	5	4	52	39	5	2	12	36	47	1.02326	33	WDDWLW		6-1
2	14	Nottingham Forest	36	13	7	16	52	66	7	5	6	28	29	6	2	10	24	37	.78788	33	WDLDLW		2-1
	15	West Ham United	36	13	6	17	70	76	12	3	4	51	28	1	3	13	19	48	.92105	32	LLLDWD		1-1
3	16	Birmingham City	36	13	6	17	55	70	9	4	4	31	24	4	2	13	24	46	.78571	32	DLWDWL		0-1
	17	Fulham	37	12	6	19	62	86	8	6	5	37	37	4	0	14	25	49	.72093	30	LDWDDL		1-3
	18	Bolton Wanderers	35	10	9	16	50	61	7	4	7	31	27	3	5	9	19	34	.81967	29	LWDLDD		1-1
	19	Blackpool	36	10	7	19	60	65	8	2	9	39	30	2	5	10	21	35	.92308	27	DLDWWL		0-1
	20	Manchester City	35	10	7	18	65	81	8	4	6	34	27	2	3	12	31	54	.80247	27	WLLDLL		0-1
1	21	Newcastle United	37	9	9	19	76	99	6	7	6	47	44	3	2	13	29	55	.76768	27	LDWLLD		1-1
1	22	Preston North End	36	10	7	19	38	62	7	4	6	24	18	3	3	13	14	44	.61290	27	LWDDWL		0-5

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