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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.

KEY MAN

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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

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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