Game #2643
Aston Villa
0-0-1, 0 PTS
Saturday, 19 August 1961
Lost
21st
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 52,289
Everton
Goodison Park
1-0-0, 2 PTS
Villa start the 1961-62 campaign with defeat at big-spending Everton.
Everton
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Derek Dougan, debut in defeat, Saturday, 19 August 1961.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 August 1961
🟢 | 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
ON THIS DAY
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.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Everton
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1938-39
FIXTURE HISTORY
Everton
Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #133 |
Saturday, 19 August 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: N Hough | 🏴 | Macclesfield, -1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 133 | 🟩 | 63 🟨 31 🟥 39 | 1.65
Career Form:
Top 6
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: N Hough | 🏴 | Macclesfield, -1961
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
N Hough
CARDS
Villa
None
Everton
None
TEAM NEWS
Joe Mercer hands Derek Dougan his debut.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.90 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 32.43 |
Youngest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 | 19.74 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
Harry Catterick | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 |
Everton
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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
Everton XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
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 Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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