Game #2644
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 22 August 1961
Rotherham United
2-0
Aston Villa
League Cup
Rotherham United
Millmoor
Attendance: 12,226
Lost
Final
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 22 August 1961
🕒 | HT Rotherham United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 51' Goal, 0-1, (Rotherham United), Barry Webster
🥅 | 55' Goal, 0-2, (Rotherham United), Alan Kirkman
💥 | 74' Missed Penalty, Stan Lynn
🕒 | FT Rotherham United 2-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Joe Mercer’s Villa have to play the first leg of the inaugural League Cup final as the second fixture of the 1961-62 season despite the competition having been contested in 1960-61.
Villa face second division Rotherham in the first leg at Millmoor and are well beaten leaving them with it all to do in the second leg at Villa Park.
Meanwhile, forward Ralph Brown made his sole appearance for Villa aged 17 after having joined the club as a junior. Brown would move on to Notts County in May 1962.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1956-57
Rotherham United
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #2 |
Manager Game | #134 |
Tuesday, 22 August 1961
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Ken Collinge | 🏴 | Hale, -1961
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Joe Mercer | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 131 | 🟩 | 62 🟨 30 🟥 39 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ken Collinge | 🏴 | Hale, -1961
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Nigel Sims, Stan Lynn and Ralph Brown (debut) replace Geoff Sidebottom, John Neal and Derek Dougan.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.19 |
Oldest Player |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴 | 33.20 |
Youngest Player |
F Ralph Brown | 🏴 | 17.50 |
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 Ron Wylie | 🏴 |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Ralph Brown | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
MANAGER
Tom Johnston | 🏴 |
Rotherham United
GK Roy Ironside | 🏴 |
LB Lol Morgan | 🏴 |
CB Peter Madden | 🏴 |
RB Peter Perry | 🏴 |
M Roy Lambert | 🏴 |
M Ken Waterhouse | 🏴 |
W Keith Bambridge | 🏴 |
W Barry Webster | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Ken Houghton | 🏴 |
F Alan Kirkman | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Don Weston | 🏴 |
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
SQUAD STATS
Rotherham XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Cup Tied | 1 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 |
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 Ralph Brown | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 F Ralph Brown | 🏴 | 1961 | 🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #489 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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