Game #2643
Aston Villa
0-0-1, 0 PTS
Saturday, 19 August 1961
21st
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | 🟢 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Matchday Squad:
None
Joe Mercer hands Derek Dougan his debut.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.90 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 32.43 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.74 |
Villa start the 1961-62 campaign with defeat at big-spending Everton.
Joe Mercer's Villa open the season with a disappointing defeat at Goodison Park as forward Derek Dougan made his Villa debut aged 23 after moving from Blackburn Rovers earlier this month.
Lost
0-2
🟥 19 Aug 1961, Villa 0-2 Everton, Goodison
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🟢 | 1' Debut, Derek Dougan
🥅 | 42' Goal, 0-1, (Everton), Billy Bingham
🕒 | HT Everton 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 82' Goal, 0-2, (Everton), Alex Young
🕒 | FT Everton 2-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #133 |
Saturday, 19 August 1961
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Norman Hough | 🏴 | Macclesfield, 1955-1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
Referee: Norman Hough | 🏴 | Macclesfield, 1955-1961
Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
🟢 CF Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | #489 | £15,000 signing from Blackburn
Final Appearances:
None
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 130 | 🟩 | 62 🟨 30 🟥 38 | 1.66
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Everton
1-0-0, 2 PTS
Goodison Park
Attendance: 52,289
GK Albert Dunlop | 🏴 |
RB Alex Parker | 🏴 |
CB Brian Labone | 🏴 |
D George Thomson | 🏴 |
LB Mick Meagan | 🇮🇪 |
M Jimmy Gabriel | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Fell | 🏴 |
W Billy Bingham | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Collins | 🏴 |
CF Roy Vernon | 🏴 |
CF Alex Young | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Harry Catterick | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1938-39
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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