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.
1960–61 season | |
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Manager | ![]() |
Stadium | Villa Park |
First Division | 10th |
FA Cup | Fifth round |
League Cup | Winners |
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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]