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Game #2623

Aston Villa

13-5-10, 31 PTS

Saturday, 11 February 1961

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Lost

7th (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

24-2-3, 50 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 50,786

🟥 11 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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Tottenham Hotspur

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🟥 11 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 11 February 1961

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
🥅 | 46' Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Bobby Smith
🥅 | 57' Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Terry Dyson
⚽ | 63' Goal, 1-2, Stan Lynn, pen
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 11 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 11 February 1961
  • Villa are beaten by champions elect Spurs to continue an unwanted record of post-war defeats against the North London side. Villa face Tottenham again the following week - this time in the FA Cup.

  • Joe Mercer's Villa lose for the first time in nine and lose only their third game at home this season to make it thirteen wins, ten at home, five draws and ten defeats, seven away, in twenty eight games following their return to the top flight.

🟥 11 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57

Tottenham Hotspur

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1950-51

FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
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Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 11 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #113 |
Saturday, 11 February 1961

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🟥 11 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Collinge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hale, 1950-1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🕒 110 | 🟩 | 56 🟨 24 🟥 30 | 1.75

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ken Collinge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hale, 1950-1961

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 11 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Peter McParland and John Neal replace Harry Burrows and Doug Winton.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.34 |

Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.67 |

Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.22 |

Referee

🟥 11 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bill Nicholson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

GK Bill Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Maurice Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ron Henry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Mackay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
M John White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Terry Dyson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Cliff Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Les Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bobby Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 11 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 11 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟥 11 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS
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Spurs XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

🟥 11 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 11 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
LB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 11 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 11 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 11 Feb 1961, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park

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