Game #2646
Aston Villa
1-1-1, 3 PTS
Monday, 28 August 1961
10th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
GK Geoff Sidebottom | 🏴 |
FB John Neal | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Lee | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 |
W Harry Burrows | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Bobby Thomson | 🏴 |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 |
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:
Injury | 1 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴 |
Joe Mercer names an unchanged line up for the first time this season.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.21 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴 | 32.46 |
Youngest Player |
F Alan Baker | 🏴 | 17.19 |
Villa are held by ten man Wolves at Molineux in an exciting end to end game to remain 10th in the table. It's the second game in succession that an opposition player has retired from the field of play due to injury.
Joe Mercer’s Villa make it one win, one draw and one defeat in three League games this season.
Drew
2-2
🟨 28 Aug 1961, Villa 2-2 Wolves, Molineux
Scorer(s) | Derek Dougan | 62' | 64' |
Assist(s) | Harry Burrows | 64' |
Match Timeline:
🥅 | 10' Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Ted Farmer
🚑 | 16' Player retires from field of play with injury, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Johnny Harris
🥅 | 30' Goal, 0-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Ted Farmer
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 62' Goal, 1-2, Derek Dougan
⚽ | 64' Goal, 2-2, Derek Dougan, Assist by Harry Burrows
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2 Aston Villa
Season | 1961-62 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #136 |
Monday, 28 August 1961
Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: John Mitchell | 🏴 | Prescot, 1955-1967
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
Referee: John Mitchell | 🏴 | Prescot, 1955-1967
Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1958-1964
🕒 133 | 🟩 | 63 🟨 31 🟥 39 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Wolverhampton Wanderers
1-1-1, 3 PTS
Molineux
Attendance: 31,703
GK Malcolm Finlayson | 🏴 |
LB Johnny Harris | 🏴 | ❌ |
RB Eddie Stuart | 🇿🇦 |
D Bill Slater | 🏴 |
M Ron Flowers | 🏴 |
M Eddie Clamp | 🏴 |
W Alan Hinton | 🏴 |
W Norman Deeley | 🏴 |
F Bobby Mason | 🏴 |
CF Ted Farmer | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Jimmy Murray | 🏴 |
Stan Cullis | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1959-60
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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