Game #2635
Aston Villa
15-9-14, 39 PTS
Saturday, 8 April 1961
Drew
8th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 23,042
Fulham
Craven Cottage
12-7-20, 31 PTS
Fulham
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa's fourth game in seven days sees them come away from Craven Cottage with a point as yet another under-18 makes his debut for Joe Mercer's side - this time 16 year old Alan Baker. Villa need all the playing options they can get as they have just one day before they face Burnley in the Semi Final of the League Cup.
KEY MAN
Gerry Hitchens, scored for the first time in five to earn Villa a draw, Saturday, 8 April 1961.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 8 April 1961
🟢 | 1' Debut, Alan Baker
⚽ | 42' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens
🕒 | HT Fulham 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 65' Goal, 1-1, (Fulham), Graham Leggat
🕒 | FT Fulham 1-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer's Villa draw at Craven Cottage as they play their seventh game in seventeen days to make it fifteen wins, nine draws and fourteen defeats in thirty eight games following their return to the top flight.
Meanwhile, forward Alan Baker made his Villa debut aged 16 after joining from Brierley Hill Boys in July 1958.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Fulham
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Fulham
Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #125 |
Saturday, 8 April 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Jim Pickles | 🏴 | Stockport, -1964
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 122 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 28 🟥 35 | 1.68
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jim Pickles | 🏴 | Stockport, -1964
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Fulham
None
TEAM NEWS
Jimmy Dugdale, Bobby Thomson and Alan Baker (debut) replace John Sleeuwenhoek, Alan O’Neill and Ron Wylie.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.68 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 32.83 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 16.81 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 🟢 |
MANAGER
Bedford Jezzard | 🏴 |
Fulham
GK Ken Hewkins | 🇿🇦 |
RB George Cohen | 🏴 |
CB Bill Dodgin Jr. | 🏴 |
LB Robin Lawler | 🇮🇪 |
LB Jim Langley | 🏴 |
M Alan Mullery | 🏴 |
W Mike Johnson | 🏴 |
W Pat O’Connell | 🏴 |
W Graham Leggat | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IF Johnny Haynes | 🏴 |
CF Maurice Cook | 🏴 |
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
Fulham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
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
🟢 F Alan Baker | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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