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Game #2640
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 26 April 1961
Drew
Semi Final
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐จ
League Cup
Burnley
Villa Park
Attendance: 24,000
Aston Villa
2-2
Burnley
Assist(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 21' |
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 26 April 1961
โฝ | 14' Goal, 1-0, Gerry Hitchens
โฝ | 21' Goal, 2-0, Bobby Thomson, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
๐ | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Burnley
๐ฅ
| 46' Goal, 2-1, (Burnley), Jimmy Robson
๐ฅ
| 60' Goal, 2-2, (Burnley), Jimmy McIlroy
๐ | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Burnley
๐ | AET Aston Villa 2-2 Burnley
Match Statistics
Not recorded
ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 26 April 1961
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
Aston Villa
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Burnley
League Champions: ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐
Last Trophy: 1959-60
Aston Villa
Burnley
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1960-61 |
Matchday | #55 |
Manager Game | #130 |
Wednesday, 26 April 1961
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MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: ๐ฉ 2-0
FT Result: ๐จ Drew
FT Score: ๐จ 2-2
AET Result: ๐จ Drew
AET Score: ๐จ 2-2
Aggregate Result: ๐จ Drew
Aggregate Score: ๐จ 3-3
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐จ
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1958-1964
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
๐ 127 | ๐ฉ | 60 ๐จ 30 ๐ฅ 37 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: None
CARDS
None
None
TEAM NEWS
Stan Lynn and Ron Wylie replace John Neal and Alfie Hale.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.10 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 32.88 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 19.42 |
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1958-1964
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Stan Lynn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Gordon Lee | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Alan Deakin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Vic Crowe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
W Jimmy MacEwan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
W Harry Burrows | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Gerry Hitchens | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | ๐ฅ |
F Ron Wylie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
F Bobby Thomson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | โฝ |
MANAGER
Harry Potts | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Burnley
GK Adam Blacklaw | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
RB John Angus | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Tommy Cummings | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Alex Elder | ๐ฌ๐ง |
M Walter Joyce | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Jimmy Adamson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Jimmy McIlroy | ๐ฌ๐ง |
M Gordon Harris | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W John Connelly | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Jimmy Robson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF Ray Pointer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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
Player Positions:
โ
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Halfโจ
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
โ
Match Symbols:
โ
โฝ | Goal
๐ฅ | Assist
๐ | Substitution
๐จ | Booking
๐ฅ | Sending off
๐ | Poor refereeing performance
๐ข : Debut ๐ด : Final Game
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Nigel Sims | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
SQUAD STATS
Villa XI:
Home Nation ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ฌ๐ง : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
Burnley XI:
Home Nation ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ฌ๐ง : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
F Peter McParland | ๐ฌ๐ง |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Media & Commentary
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORTS
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