Game #2624
Aston Villa
Saturday, 18 February 1961
Lost
5th Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
FA Cup
Attendance: 69,672
Tottenham Hotspur
Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-2
Tottenham Hotspur
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa are beaten for the second successive week by a Tottenham side that few, if anyone, could match even on their best days. Although defeat is never solicited or welcome the one upside is that their Cup loss at least means some of the pressure is reduced on Villa's already congested fixture list.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 February 1961
🥅 | 18' Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), John Neal o.g.
🥅 | 40' Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Cliff Jones
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa lose successive games for the first time since December as they are beaten by Tottenham in consecutive matches to be knocked out of the FA Cup and in so doing lose their fourth game at home this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Tottenham Hotspur
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1950-51
FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #39 |
Manager Game | #114 |
Saturday, 18 February 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴 | Doncaster, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 111 | 🟩 | 56 🟨 24 🟥 31 | 1.73
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ernest Crawford | 🏴 | Doncaster, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Tottenham Hotspur
None
TEAM NEWS
Geoff Sidebottom (debut) and Ron Wylie replace Nigel Sims and Alan Deakin
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.62 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 32.69 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 | 23.28 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Alan O’Neill | 🏴 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Bill Nicholson | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Spurs XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
LB Doug Winton | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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